Labs and Testbeds

Fraunhofer FOKUS has a wide-ranging laboratory infrastructure in which interdisciplinary teams from science and technology work experimentally with users from industry and administration on various research questions and use cases. This includes labs and testbeds with a technological focus as well as demonstration and discussion rooms to test technologies, procedures, and solutions in an application-oriented manner to explore new markets and the specific requirements of end users beyond the current technological capacities of the industry and to initiate future innovations. 

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  • Mann mit 3D-Brille vor einer Leinwand mit Projektion
    © Philipp Plum/ Fraunhofer FOKUS

    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.

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  • Eine Menschengruppe auf dem Berliner Alexanderplatz steht um eine Gruppe Breakdancer und beobachtet die Performance
    © Matthias Heyde / Fraunhofer FOKUS

    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.

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  • Person beim kontaktlosen bezahlen mit Karte und Lesegerät
    © istock/EXTREME-PHOTOGRAPHER

    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.

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  • Arzt im Operationssaal mit medizinischen Geräten
    © gettyimages / HRAUNgunnar@gunnarsvanberg.com

    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.

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  • Teaserbild XG Testbeds, AI-generated: Bildschirm in einem Serverraum mit Diagrammen und Grafiken
    © AI-generated / Fraunhofer FOKUS

    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.

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  • Wissenschaftler arbeitet am Nomadic Node
    © Paul Hahn / Fraunhofer FOKUS

    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.

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  • Testhalle Fraunhofer IPK
    © Andy King / Fraunhofer IPK

    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.

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  • weiß-graue Hausfassade eines Wohnblocks in Berlin mit Fenstern und Balkonen
    © Fraunhofer FOKUS

    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.

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