Smart venue
Full-on 5G in Hanover
DEUTSCHE MESSE HANOVER IS THE LARGEST EVENT VENUE IN THE WORLD - AT LEAST UNTIL
SHENZHEN WORLD COMPLETES CONSTRUCTION. NOW IT WANTS TO BE THE SMARTEST, TOO – THE
FIRST VENUE TO ENSURE A COMPLETE 5G SUPPLY ON ITS OPEN-AIR SITE
rom a layman’s point of
view, the event venues of
the world differ essentially
in their size, and the
appearance of their halls.
For the event expert, however, there
are a number of other criteria that
describe the performance of a venue.
Usually it is the infrastructure data, such
as the floor load capacity of the halls, the
maximum ceiling load, or the supply of
electricity and data, that provide more
detailed information.
The Hanover Exhibition Centre in
Germany has long stood out on the
international market - and not only
because its 131 hectares make it the
largest event venue in the world. In
recent months, Hanover has been
making a name for itself with a new
approach: the centre is to develop fully
into a smart venue.
Deutsche Messe AG, the owner of the
complex, is focusing on expansion with
super-fast 5G mobile connectivity. By
the summer of 2020, the majority of the
site is to be equipped with the new
technology. The company wants to be
the first site operator in the world to
ensure a complete 5G supply on its
Above and below:
5G first at Messe
Hanover
open-air site, and in the 26 exhibition
halls.
The expansion of the site with the 5G
standard is part of a larger strategy,
based on several pillars. Firstly, the
tradefair organisers in Hanover want to
be able to offer their exhibitors the new
technological standard from an early
stage. By equipping Hanover Centre
with 5G, Deutsche Messe expects to
gain advantages in the competition for
lucrative events that are looking for
technically efficient fairgrounds.
to 80,000 guests. It can also be used as a
testing ground for autonomous vehicles,
with more than 10km of road inside the
site fences, and plenty of road junctions,
pedestrian paths, zebra crossings and
green spaces.
Together with the German Aerospace
Center, the site managers plan to digitise
the entire venue grounds, so that special
traffic situations can be created using a
mix of data.
The combination of the real and virtual
in Hanover is set to create a new kind of
smart venue, which can serve as a
laboratory for the future of networking.
IoT to become mobile
The 5G CMM Expo, which is to take
place in December 2020 (CMM standing
for Connected Mobile Machines), will
showcase a future in which the internet
will be used more by autonomous
machines than by humans.
The new 5G standard will make it
possible for the Internet of Things to
finally become mobile.
The site will be opened to various
uses, such as open-air concerts with up
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