British wireless telecommunications company Vilicom has selected Mavenir to provide an offshore private long-term evolution (LTE) network for the Moray East wind farm.
This 950 MW wind farm is 22 kilometers from the coast of Scotland and is expected to meet nearly 40% of Scotland’s total electricity demand . It also has the potential to power up to 950,000 homes in the UK. Mavenir will contribute its Open Virtualized Radio Access Network (Open vRAN), which is said to be the first offshore dedicated LTE network for wind farms in the UK.
The cloud-based system is used to connect the operating sea-going vessel with the workers operating within the boundary of the wind farm. The technology also allows staff to maintain regular contact via video calls and emails while at sea. Stefano Cantarelli, Chief Marketing Officer of Mavenir, said: "The private network is becoming more and more common. We look forward to working with Vilicom to further develop such use cases and applications." This project highlights the relevance of advanced communications in practical application scenarios. Sex and importance.
The open vRAN platform will enable Vilicom to provide scalable throughput solutions to meet the low latency requirements in challenging environments. It runs on commodity hardware and aims to provide cost-effectiveness and flexibility, providing an architecture for many different user scenarios.
Vilicom CEO Sean Keating (Sean Keating) said: "Without ultra-fast and reliable connections, improving efficiency in the construction and operation of wind farms is a challenge.Vilicom will provide network connections for all marine vessels operated by the project, and provide functions that can communicate not only among marine workers, but also when they are home and in their leisure time. "In July, Vilicom announced that it has been selected to provide a dedicated cloud-enabled mobile network for the Moray East Wind Farm.
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