Start of ELEGANT
The UPC, through the coordinators of ELEGANT, requests a research infrastructure in advanced 5G technologies.
The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service (Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública) officially announces the awarding of the project (TSI-064100-2023-9), and the project name will be ELEGANT.
The project management team is set up and hired, including a manager/promoter, a fiber optics engineer, and a 5G technologies engineer.
Prior to the network bidding, studies are carried out about the locations of the antennas and the setup of fiber connections between the DPC and antennas, as well as the electrical power supply network.
Once the detailed architecture of the experimental network is completed, the publication of the request for proposals begins. It includes 5G antennas (FR1 and FR2), Core 5, and optical equipment.