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  • 1.11.2021
    Drone exploitation in co-operation activities
  • 5.11.2021 Related article:
    Sky view factors and local horizon angles on the Sodankylä 5G test track
  • 27.5.2021 New 5G NR test network operating in 3.5 GHz band launched in Sodankylä at full scale (2st phase).
    The 5G test network in the Sod5G test track is operating with 5G NR hardware operating in 3.5 GHz band as non-standalone 5G network. The test track has now been supplemented with additional base-station unit, implemented into a new instrument mast. Based on our preliminary analysis, the 5G NR network is now available throughout the track, along with the ITS-G5 network available in road weather stations vicinity area. The work has been conducted in 5G-SAFE-PLUS project.
  • 4.3.2021 The final draft of “Energy-efficient Methods in Arctic Traffic: State-of-the-Art report”
    Finnish Meteorological Institute possesses lot of experience and knowledge on energy efficiency and exploitation of renewable energy resources in different research and operational services. This experience has been exploited in the EMAL project, in process of creating the state-of-the-art report of available and applicable methods for improving energy efficiency and ecology of arctic traffic environment. This State-of-the-Art document provides background information and context for the energy-efficient methods in Arctic traffic. The background information is an overview of areas relevant to energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions related to traffic infrastructure. Areas such as energy supply, distribution and storage, communications, measurement systems and technologies, road and roadside infrastructures as well as built environments overall are considered in this report.

  • 15.2.2021 New 5G NR test network operating in 3.5 GHz band launched in Sodankylä (1st phase). The 5G test network in the Sod5G test track has now been updated to 5G NR hardware operating in 3.5 GHz band as non-standalone 5G network. In the first stage, existing base-station hardware and antenna systems have been updated for the new radio system. Test track will be supplemented with additional base-station unit, implemented into a new instrument mast. The work has been conducted in 5G-SAFE-PLUS project.
  • 26.11.2020 Related article:
    Arctic research work at Sodankylä's Tähtelä utilised in business collaborations

  • 27.10.2020 Autonomous drone with docking station arrived to FMI
    RumbleTools has delivered and installed new autonomous drone system with a docking station to FMI facilities in Sodankylä. At this moment the docking station and drone are located in FMI facilities in Tähtelä, but the ultimate piloting location is on the Sod5G vehicle winter testing track, on the vicinity of the road weather station. The main piloting scenario of this system is the drone-assisted road weather station observations, in which the drone patrols automatically in the road stretch between two road weather stations, providing supplemental road weather observations from the route.

  • 7.4.2020 Vehicle radars purchased for drone testing
    Continental vehicle radars have been purchased. They will be implemented to a vehicle and later on into the drone, in order to adjust the radar monitoring from vehicle-oriented into the drone-oriented and combined. The objective is to evaluate if this instrument can provide valuable road weather-related data from the drone.

  • 25.3.2020 Lidar instruments purchased for drone testing
    Velodyne Surround-view Lidar instruments have been purchased. They will be implemented to a vehicle and later on into the drone, in order to adjust the radar monitoring from vehicle-oriented into the drone-oriented and combined The objective is to evaluate if this instrument can provide valuable road weather-related data from the drone.

  • Project started 28.8.2019 when the decision letter for the investment part arrived.