5G combined with edge computing new service model creates new business opportunities for mobile operators

In order to find the latest application examples of 5G, US mobile network operator Verizon has decided to work with South Korean electronics giant LG and two California startups to use its 5G wireless network connection technology and Amazon's AWS edge computing technology to test advanced automotive safety technology.

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Renovo Motors and Savari, two startups in California's Silicon Valley, which are developing software and hardware technologies for different mobile applications, have decided to jointly deploy connected car technologies known as C-V2X (Cellular-Vehicle-to-Everything) and V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) with LG.

LG has developed a prototype authentication-as-a-Service (AaaS) that can prevent wireless update technology from transmitting malicious information to vehicles. As for Renovo and Savari, they showed a test car using Verizon, which has a computing system installed in the trunk of the car, which can use on-board sensors such as lidar to let the car understand road conditions.

Verizon is looking for new 5G wireless services, and is working with Amazon's AWS Wavelength edge computing platform to launch new services in cities across the U.S., with the goal of covering 10 cities by the end of 2020.

In fact, Verizon began deploying the service in Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area in August 2020, and then in Atlanta, New York, and Washington, D.C., and now also in Dallas and Miami. In the future, corporate customers can use this service network to build examples in industries such as transportation and healthcare.

As for LG and the other two startups, they hope to use Verizon's 5G and Amazon's AWS Wavelength edge computing platform to demonstrate the great help and improvement in autonomous driving applications. For example, Savari demonstrated that a car accident that was about to happen was avoided because the possible prediction data was sent to the AWS Wavelength service, and then the service broadcast this information to the three cars behind the car in about a few milliseconds, thus avoiding the car accident.

Currently, Avesha, a developer of artificial intelligence applications in the Boston area, is also using AWS Wavelength services to help doctors immediately identify examples of abnormalities during colonoscopies and other applications. Sports data company ShotTracker uses 5G sensors during basketball games to compile real-time statistical analysis for teams and broadcast announcers.

In addition to the partnership between Verizon and Amazon's cloud service department (AWS Wavelength), Microsoft and AT&T have also formed a partnership, and hope that through the combination of 5G and edge computing, new types of services can expand more business opportunities. The success of these examples can bring more influence to the ultra-low millisecond latency of 5G in various scenarios in the future, and truly change people's lives.