Digital Twin as City Management Tool

A digitally enhanced city environment is a tool for bypassing some of the bottlenecks of traditional urban management. New 5G technology offers a disruptively new approach in cities in form of agile, local application tools... [ view full abstract ]

A digitally enhanced city environment is a tool for bypassing some of the bottlenecks of traditional urban management. New 5G technology offers a disruptively new approach in cities in form of agile, local application tools and solutions, utilizing machine learning algorithms to readjust themselves to local conditions and situations at hand.

My presentation first summarizes the state of the art of technical development in introducing ultra-high speed 5G networks into urban context. I then go on to elaborate the focal challenges of urban governance that may be facilitated and partly even bypassed by agile and resilient local networks. Finally, I give an overview of the recent development and findings of the LuxTurrim5G development project, carried through by a consortium of leading Finnish technology companies led by Nokia Bell Labs, and funded by Business Finland, the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation.