5G commercialization makes the value of smart street lights burst

Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially released the frequency usage plan of the 5G system in the mid-frequency band. The plan clarifies the frequency bands of 3300-3400MHz (in principle upper limit indoor use), 3400-3600MHz and 4800-5000MHz as the working frequency bands of the 5G system. As a result, my country has become the first country in the world to publish a plan for the use of 5G systems in the mid-band.

　　 As the main development direction of future information and communication technology, 5G has been raised to a strategic height by major countries in the world. Under the joint promotion of the global industry chain, the time point of 5G commercialization is constantly being advanced. Major manufacturers and operators in the industry chain are racing. At present, according to the plans of the three major domestic operators, 5G experimental networks have begun to be carried out in major cities in 2018, large-scale commercial trials will be carried out in 2019, and commercial deployment will officially begin in 2020.

　　Smart light poles are becoming the first choice for 5G micro base stations

　　 The rapid advancement of 5G commercial use has the most direct impact on the promotion of the construction of macro base stations and micro base stations, which are closely related to light poles. The new generation of information and communication technology is incorporating street light poles into the overall plan. The biggest feature of 5G deployment is that the base stations are closer, and street lights will undoubtedly become a very good choice for base station deployment.

　　 Because street lights follow the distribution of urban roads and streets, they cover the body of the city like blood vessels and nerves, and have the characteristics of 'nets, points, and poles'. They are the main carriers of smart cities. Therefore, smart street lights will be the first site for smart city transformation and the main threshold for the city to move toward smarter. In the future, smart city construction and smart street lights will take off together with cloud construction, communication infrastructure construction, and macro base station construction.

　　 Nowadays, some integrated light poles have integrated LED lighting, smart security equipment, micro base stations, WiFi, cameras, weather monitors, LED traffic guidance screens, charging piles and other systems. They can also monitor trash bins and cellar manhole covers. And more Internet of Things detection equipment is integrated, with people flow statistics, environmental monitoring, fast charging, information release, emergency linkage alarm service points, solar charging and other functions. It can even park shared bicycles, disturb the residents in square dances, and noise and dust on construction sites. Provide effective solutions to other problems. Street lights have been given a variety of functions.

　　 The smart street lights in the 'Double Innovation Special Zone' smart city project in Yujiapu, Tianjin, support face recognition

　　 However, ordinary WiFi routers can only support connecting 20 devices at the same time. The power consumption is huge, the signal will become unstable if the distance is a little longer, the transmission speed and information are very limited, and it cannot carry the wireless network requirements of smart street lights. However, as the country has repeatedly confirmed that 5G commercial use will be realized in 2020, these problems of smart street lights will all be resolved in the 5G era.

　　 Now 5G is not just a concept, many technical solutions have gradually landed, NB-IoT (Narrowband Cellular Internet of Things) is undoubtedly one of the hottest. It can be said that NB's NB-IoT technology gives street lights a complete intelligent brain, which is like directly turning on and modifying the smartness of the street lights, so that the above-mentioned functions can be truly realized.

　　Explore multiple operation modes of smart street lights

　　 With the development of technology, infrastructure construction projects that could not generate revenue in the past are expected to generate revenue in the future. Street lights are a typical example. As infrastructure construction, traditional street lights are often difficult to generate revenue, but after the development of 4G and 5G technologies mature, smart street light poles can be installed with signaling devices to generate revenue, which can cover part of the output.

　　 It can be said that smart street lights are expected to become a smart city big data collection platform, as well as a new type of municipal management and service platform. It has huge value creation space and can even form a brand new industry. We can call it smart street lights for the time being economic.

　　 'The construction of the smart street light system allows the traditional light poles to have the attributes of comprehensive utilization and operation.' Unlike most street light projects that use the EMC model alone, since most of the extended applications involve a wide range of business models, smart street lights have Its particularity is currently being actively explored by the government and enterprises. Another expert analysis believes that smart street lights can derive the following major operating modes:

　　 (Image source: Smart City China)

　　 In short, it is 'EMC+PPP mode'.

　　 'The particularity of smart street lights has also transformed the company from the original bidder of a single project to the role of a general contractor integrator.' Industry insiders said. Therefore, cross-border cooperation has become more important, and government departments will have increasingly higher requirements for the software technology capabilities and core functions provided in smart city projects. It can be inferred that companies such as Datang Energy Conservation that have core capabilities such as big data and microelectronic chips, and can integrate resources and data from various aspects such as electronic system integrators, street light pole manufacturers, etc., will quickly land in 5G, PPP, and smart cities. Obtain rapid growth in the next few years.