Three Horizon 2020 projects – 5G-Blueprint, 5GMED, and 5G-ROUTES -joined forces to test and demonstrate how 5G Standalone (SA) networks can make seamless mobility a reality. Today, current commercial networks cannot guarantee uninterrupted connectivity across borders, impacting cross-border mobility.

The three projects have successfully reduced mobility interruption times from several seconds (or even minutes) in current networks to approximately 100 milliseconds. 

The white paper Enabling Seamless Connected Automated Mobility in cross-border Scenarios through 5G Technology offers an overview of this significant achievement and underscores Europe’s commitment to ensuring that connected mobility transcends borders.

Highlights

• 5G-Blueprint focused on teleoperation of vehicles and vessels across the Belgium–Netherlands corridor. By enabling remote-controlled platooning and vessel transport, it demonstrated how 5G can boost logistics efficiency and reduce workforce challenges.
• 5G-ROUTES led trials along the Estonia–Latvia border, exploring innovative use cases such as see-through platooning, hazard sharing, and immersive infotainment, backed by precise positioning and network slicing.
• 5GMED, at the Spain–France Mediterranean corridor, advanced high-speed teleoperated driving, digitalized road infrastructure, and follow-me infotainment—showcasing Europe’s ambition to integrate 5G into everyday transport.

This article was originally published here.