Labs and Testbeds

In future, cities will change enormously due to a growing population, more traffic, increasing pollution, and other challenges. In various projects across our business units, the Smart Cities Lab is working on solutions to improve the future citizen's daily life.

The Blockchain Workshop bundles the activities of the DPS and SQC business units of Fraunhofer FOKUS around blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. The Blockchain Workshop focuses on digital administration, the energy sector, open data, open science, quality assurance, identity management and the Internet of Things.

The CertLab supports the certification of IT products on behalf of the Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (BSI). The “CC certification procedures” guarantee that software and hardware products that are newly placed on the market are safe and trustworthy.

The Open User Lab supports public administration and the judiciary in digitalisation projects with methodological competence and scientific expertise in the areas of user-centred design, user experience and digital accessibility. In addition, the Open User Lab supports the transformation of the state and administration in organisational development projects with lab concepts and e-learning formats.

The FAME 5G Media Testbed (F5GMT) enables the development, testing, evaluation and demonstrations of Media Applications and Services operated within a 5G and in the future in 6G environments.

The Conformance and Interoperability Test Lab is a laboratory for the development and execution of tests in wireless and wired environments.

The safety lab at Fraunhofer FOKUS is a demonstration room and research laboratory and shows networked solutions in the field of public safety that put people at the center. In various realistic scenarios, it shows processes and technical interrelationships in control centers and monitoring centers and how they can be connected to alerting technologies for the population.

The 5G+ Nomadic Node consists of robust, transportable server rack containers with the hardware and software needed to set up a 5G campus network in just a few minutes. The software-based core network Open5GCore guarantees a highly flexible network in “standalone” operation tailored to the application.

The IPv6 Test Lab bundles Fraunhofer FOKUS’ competencies in the area of IPv6 testing and offers a wide range of services to potential partners.

Innovative visualization technologies and opportunities for interaction are tested at the Computer Graphics and Visualization Lab, host of multiple projection screens (dome, curved screen) and multiple advanced projectors.

Be part of the 5G Evolution. The next generation of mobile networks is taking shape now. With the purpose of contributing to this network evolution and accelerating the adoption of the 5G technology Fraunhofer FOKUS has set up the 5G Playground.

The joint “Open 5G Campus Network for the Software-defined Factory” in Berlin located at Fraunhofer FOKUS and IPK is an open environment for testing the end to end performance of integrated 5G standalone components from different vendors within specific customer use cases for the automation industry.

Connected cars, autonomous and automated driving, collaborative as well as integrated and smart mobility are just a few of the topics that can be discovered in the Smart Mobility Lab.

Doing mobile and software-based network research for more than a decade, the NGNI team has worked at every level of the stack and integrated research and customer testbeds around the globe. Our vision is to provide you with a tailored solution for your 5G related research, development or operation.

Alongside technology for cloud-based 360° video playout, interactive 360° streaming and non-linear video (NLV), the Future Applications and Media Lab also offers applications that drive end user and device interaction – such as for HbbTV.

The TV Lab offers an extensive, manufacturer- and provider-neutral test and development environment for the latest hybrid TV technologies, TV devices, media formats, interactive content and multi-screen applications.

At the Fraunhofer FOKUS eGovernment Lab, we have been working with more than 60 partners from administration, business and research in a neutral environment since 2004 to drive forward the digitalisation of public administration.

Programming without in-depth prior knowledge. In our low code workshop, we test low code technologies for public administration. We want to support employees in applying this innovative approach to the digitalisation of processes and specialist procedures.

Whether it is the electronic transfer of health records or the proactive care of emergency patients, the eHealth Interoperability Lab offers the state-of-the-art development and test environment for all relevant applications in the healthcare sector.