ASTRI’s Next Generation Network (NGN) Initiative develops new technological infrastructure and platforms for diverse applications for a number of areas including public safety and smart cities. ASTRI seeks to research, develop and commercialise leading-edge communications technologies and solutions for pre-5G and 5G wireless systems. In addition to being the evolution of mobile broadband technology, 5G technology is also bringing revolutionary impact on the whole industry, changing people’s work and lives.

We strive to play a pioneering role in supporting the development of the next generation network for Hong Kong and this region.

Research Areas & Focus

Radio Access Network

C-RAN

4G/5G base station and terminal

Critical Communication

Mobile Core

Network Functions Virtualization

Mobile Edge Computing

NB-IoT

IoT Management and Applications

Internet-of-Things (IOT) management for street light, solar power stations & devices, and smarthome

Internet-of-Vehicles (IoV) & Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) management

Mobile and IoT Platforms

Client-server architecture for large scale deployment

Proximity, geographic information and real time telemetric related technologies

Project Highlights

Evolution from 4G to 5G

ASTRI has developed EPC and virtual EPC since 2012. With the 3GPP release 15 standard already announ ...

Next Generation Network Infographic Leaflet (2017)

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Smart Indoor and Outdoor Geographic Information System

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the next evolution of the internet after the mobile internet. While ...

Evolved Packet Core (EPC)

ASTRI’s has developed 3GPP standard compliant Evolved Packet Core software. EPC is the core network ...

Internet of Things Management and Application Platform with Boardband Wireless

This project developed an Internet of Things (IoT) Management and Application Platform (IMAP). The I ...