A network in the open model launched on local frequencies will be the unique value of Poland’s first Campus 5G Network – Open RAN Lab, a laboratory that will allow students of the Białystok University of Technology (PB) to gain competence in building and operating such networks worldwide – in line with the latest trends.

5G networks according to the Open RAN model mean diversification of suppliers, and thus the participation of local hardware and software manufacturers. Practical learning of the construction and operation of such networks will be possible thanks to a laboratory being launched in the PB Faculty of Electrical Engineering building.

“Students will have access to state-of-the-art technology”, emphasises Dr Mirosław Świercz, Professor of PB, Vice-Rector for Development of the PB. “They will be able to test commercial devices, and in the laboratory they will be able to perform tests related to 5G radio transmission – for example, check what comp