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5G technology
The future of irrigation starts with research! Soil sensors calibrate multispectral camera analyses of soil and plant moisture.
Mobile communications standard of the future
Faster, safer, further - the fifth generation of mobile communications is pushing digitalization enormously and should enable data transmission almost in real time. Lower latency and significantly higher transmission rates will open up new opportunities in a wide range of applications in addition to improved mobile communications.
5G in agriculture
With its high performance, the latest mobile communications standard also creates the basis for new technologies in agriculture. In the district of Uelzen, innovative approaches for demand-driven and differentiated field irrigation were tested on a 5G-based test field.
5G follow-up projects
The federally funded project has come to an end, but the ideas of the consortium partners involved go further. The 5G infrastructure on the AGRAVIS Future Farm is to be made available for further research projects. Three follow-up projects are currently planned with Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences Suderburg, master's theses or funded projects that deal with individual aspects and topics from the 5GLa project.
The project - 5GLa
As part of the "5G in agriculture" research project, trial areas were used to test how field irrigation can be optimized more efficiently and in a more resource-friendly manner in the future through the use of 5G technology. The 5G mobile communications standard makes it possible to analyze and process large amounts of data and communicate between different devices. In the course of the project, it should be possible to precisely determine the water status of the cultivated area, the soil properties and the plant status, among other things. The aim of the project was to develop and test the necessary sensors and sensor platforms as well as data processing procedures. The aim was to create a data platform in which data from various sensors, agricultural machinery and other sources flows together directly and is processed with the help of AI in order to derive an irrigation recommendation that can in turn be passed on directly to the irrigation machine. A first version of the platform is now available at the end of the project phase.
With strong consortium partners, the district of Uelzen successfully participated in the 5G innovation program of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV), the district of Uelzen received three years of implementation funding for this, which expired at the end of 2024.
5G innovation program of the federal government
With this funding program, the federal government is enabling the testing of 5G applications under real-life conditions. In addition to the Uelzen project, there were other agricultural 5G projects throughout Lower Saxony that dealt with the topics of precision farming and smart farming in various areas.
Partner
District of Uelzen
As the main applicant, the local authority took on the role of consortium leader and project manager.
AGRAVIS Future Farm
The ideal environment for testing smart farming and new methods is provided by the experimental farm in Suderburg, whose team took care of the field management.
Ostfalia university
The local University of Applied Sciences from the "Bau Wasser Boden" faculty in Suderburg contributed a high level of expertise and the necessary research spirit.
Lünecom
The provider Lünecom, which has been supplying northern Germany with fast Internet for more than 25 years, was responsible for providing and commissioning the necessary fiber optic infrastructure.
Vitrum
The agile technology company necessarily took care of setting up and operating the infrastructure and the software platform to be developed.
comcross
The strong technologypartner, which is one of the first technical service service providers in Germany to actually build 5G infrastructures designed all mobile applications in the project.
Voices from the project
