On the 19th March, Francisco Fontes represented Altice Labs in the Design of Reliable Communication Networks conference (DRCN 2019), at the University of Coimbra, as a keynote speaker, presenting the theme “5G Challenges and Contributions Reliability”.
His presentation was mainly focused on identifying the key characteristics of 5G systems and the challenges and answers given regarding communications reliability, especially those resulting from the application of 5G technology to the demanding area of Critical IoT.
The focus has been placed on the importance to achieve solutions that meet the need for both reliability and low latency essential for communications requiring Ultra Reliability and Low Latency, where 5G clearly stands out from previous generations of cellular communications. In addition, he gave a brief summary of current and future activities in the area by Altice Labs.