6G-SANDBOX

Everyday connectivity is essential, with antennas playing a vital role in delivering reliable signals from the moment we wake up to the moment we go back to sleep, for work, leisure, and daily tasks. This places greater pressure on the delivery of stable, reliable, and accessible signals for an ever-growing number of connected devices. Added to the mix is the fact that delivering greater connectivity requires more antenna in many more places. This can quickly create an unsightly view particularly in historic cities and buildings. And with that, several challenges arise that require innovative technologies taking into consideration the visual impact of the solutions. To answer these deployment challenges, we developed “WAVEATTOCH” solution. This solution consist of using the glass facades of the buildings by installing transparent glass antenna developed by AGC installed “inside building” to radiate through the glazing “outside the building”. This solution allow to avoid the traditional challenges of the actual solutions (such as: installation on utility poles, traffic light, bus stops, lampposts…etc): - Expensive: high cost to put 5G cell on utility poles for example - Slow approval: 18 to 24 months for authorities' approval - Complex supply: 6 to 18 months for procurement process - Expensive works: providing power and backhaul to each site - Vandalism risks - Camouflage effort needed And offer several advantages: - Use the façade as new place to provide coverage - Faster Simplified Permit - Plug and Play (Power & Fiber: indoor antenna and electronics) - Transparent antenna allow high densification with low power - Better Esthetics - No vandalism risks As a results, and taking into account the advantages mentioned above, the telecom players can more easily and quickly provide reliable and good connectivity for their customers.