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Ericsson, Play and Asseco test drone detection with radio and mobile network in Poland

The October 15 demonstration combined radio sensing, acoustic sensors and 5G data transport. It was a test in Kraków, not a deployed surveillance system.

Ericsson, mobile operator Play and Asseco demonstrated a way to locate unauthorized drones at Ericsson's Kraków research center on October 15. They disclosed the event on October 22. The system combines radio-signal sensing, acoustic sensors and a platform that brings the results together. Play supplied its 5G network to carry the data. This was a demonstration, not an operational deployment at airports or borders. [1]

Ericsson's ISAC function examines reflections of radio signals to estimate the position and motion of objects that are not connected to the network. Asseco's sensors analyze sound and its PUSZCZYK platform combines the detections; the company says its analysis uses AI. The combination aims to address the limits of a single method, but the reviewed sources provide no independent detection or false-alarm rate. [1]

For telecommunications, the significance is using mobile infrastructure to transport data and potentially to sense the environment, beyond connecting phones. Mobile Europe covered the test from a separate newsroom, although the described capabilities come from the participating companies. No commercial deployment contract or public service date was announced. The archive photograph shows Ericsson antennas in Zurich in 2023, not the equipment used in Kraków. [1][2]

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