The Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific facility in San Diego, CA, is now home to a private 5G Open RAN, deployed by GXC, an Austin-based R&D firm for optical computing and cellular mesh networks. NIWC Pacific is establishing 5G network evaluation testbeds in two laboratory environments and performing 5G experimentation for Department of Defense 5G initiatives.
“This initiative brings together a wide range of vendors and users to conduct R&D to validate the efficacy and performance of 5G-powered applications and services under rigorous conditions,” said Hardik Jain, co-founder and chief technology officer of GXC, formerly known as GenXComm. The network will be used to test smart warehouses, emergency management systems, and flight line operations, as well as tactical deployments for intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance and command and control.
GXC recently announced the release of its GXC Onyx platform, which uses a proprietary interference cancellation technology that enables access to devices provided in the publicly available CBRS spectrum. The GXC Onyx Private Cellular Network platform is operational, and showcased, by the 5G Open Innovation Lab to support the Lab’s development of emerging applications and services that are optimized in a 5G environment.
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