ZF Group is a global technology company that
provides systems for passenger cars, commercial
vehicles and industrial technology including AI that
allows the vehicles to operate autonomously. ZF
owns a 5G Campus Network, a base station that
serves as a test facility that controls the vehicle and
the infrastructure that runs their systems.
Challenges
ZF’s campus requires a stable and high capacity
network to operate their vehicles. This includes
location tracking, realtime command given to the
vehicle, high quality audio and video transmitted
by the vehicle to the monitoring system. Another
requirement is an Open RAN technology that allows
the vehicle to connect to the available internet
regardless of the mobile service provider.
Solution & Benefits
By harnessing Airspan Private 5G and Open RAN technologies tailored to their business of autonomous
vehicles, ZF was able to sustain its campus with the robust network capacity to process its operation’s
Big Data and ensure the high quality testing of the autonomous vehicles. The connection is seamless
allowing clear commands to the vehicles. With Open Ran, the vehicles were able to connect to the
available internet on the roadside. By adapting Airspan’s cutting edge technology, ZF has achieved
another technology milestone – an operations that is digital, secured, flexible and cloud-based. Its new
network architecture opened more business opportunities for ZF.
