How important is rail coverage versus road coverage, and are there industry targets to provide improved rail coverage?
Background
For the deployment of current and future technologies, DI wishes to develop a stronger evidence base around the benefits of and barriers to their deployment, with a focus on the adoption of 5G and open network infrastructure to build the resilience of networks and support innovation. DI needs to develop models and techniques to understand efficient spectrum allocation and understand the issues surrounding the use of specific spectrum bands.
DI needs to better understand the trends around technological convergence, future demand for digital connectivity, regulation around access to the internet and emerging cloud services and their impact on security.
DI wishes to complement its understanding of current technology deployment with research into the work driving future technologies to develop and increase the UK’s future capabilities.
All of this needs to be underpinned by further research into the security and resilience of UK networks, addressing future developments and threats, gaining insight into the value of security interventions and barriers to investment in security.
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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SAFRON: Safe Operational Radio Network for mixed-priority communications to trains using a shared architecture.
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Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it focuses on rail coverage and communication systems, but does not address the importance of rail coverage versus road coverage or industry targets.
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CrownComm: Advanced Real-Time Rail Monitoring through Beyond-5G/6G Open-RAN and Optical Fiber Exploitation
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Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it focuses on advanced rail monitoring using Beyond-5G/6G technology, but does not specifically address the importance of rail coverage versus road coverage or industry targets.
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Very High Speed Communications Infrastructure for the UK's Strategic Road Network - Feasibility Study
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Funded by: Innovate UK
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Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it explores high-speed communications infrastructure for the UK's Strategic Road Network, but does not directly compare rail coverage versus road coverage or address industry targets for improved rail coverage.