Experience the Future of NextG at Mobile World Congress

Join Booz Allen at Booth #516 to see advanced NextG technologies in action.

Network-Aware Applications

Booz Allen’s Mobile Medic application, powered by T-Mobile DevEdge APIs and Shabodi, enables remote assistance for field and forward site early responders, using real-time video, voice, and volumetric communication between two commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) mobile devices on a 5G network. The prototype demonstrates how computer vision and integration with Shabodi's NetAware can be leveraged to monitor and dynamically manage network resources in real time. Network-aware applications are a critical component in disrupted, disconnected, intermittent, and low-bandwidth (DDIL) environments such as austere or contested locations.

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Isn't it frustrating when you're on a call, maybe a video call and someone cuts out? Okay, that's frustrating. Imagine if you're in the middle of a procedure and your colleague is telling you, cut right there. Don't, and the video cuts out. We're trying to prevent that. As a retired firefighter, when you're out in the field, you have only so many tools in your toolbox. What can the first responders do to help each other with a limited set of resources? To be able to do that over a network to guarantee and prioritize that traffic in a very congested and challenging space is super promising. This is just a new way for them to be able to adopt remote medical assistance to the experts that might be needed when you have limited resources on the ground. Well, the mobile medic prototype leverages volumetric video. You can create a better visual and realistic depiction of what's actually occurring on the remote end, which is obviously critical when you're talking about telementoring or telemedicine type scenarios. Some Of the challenges our customers have comes down to point of need care. The person is mostly trained up on what they need to do, but this is a specific use case where they're not fully aware of what the next steps are. The challenge comes in when the network isn't stable enough for the mentee to have a real-time communication with the mentor in the way that they need it. Shabodi application enablement platform unleashes the power of advanced networks. We do this by enabling applications interact with the network. Shabodi application enablement platform helps operators to monetize on the 5G networks and helps customers to maximize on their 5G investment. If you have a mission critical application that you don't want it to fail, the application can now request services like quality on demand and say, Hey, I need this amount of bandwidth for this amount of the time. Using Shabodi's platform with an application that's network-aware can guarantee the user experience that's required so that there's no hiccups or issues with the overall application. The 5G Lab was started three years ago to really bring startups in front of infrastructure providers, the telecommunications companies. They're really interested in what are the startups that are meaningful that utilize 5G and the benefits of it. What's really exciting about working and collaborating here with Shabodi  and the OIL is the ability to work within this 5G innovation ecosystem. This is an an extremely exciting time because we're seeing the confluence of a lot of different technologies all coming together, and I think if done right, we can really provide benefit to our clients, our country and society overall. 

Smart Asset Tracking

Our Smart Asset Tracking demonstration integrates emerging 5G network capabilities, edge computing, digital twins, and augmented reality to demonstrate real-time asset tracking using both active and passive technologies over a private 5G network. Visualized as a digital twin in augmented reality, this solution leverages advanced network capabilities and unified data to help clients manage logistics, maintenance, and operations more efficiently, reducing costs and improving performance.

Booz Allen EdgeXtend™

Booz Allen EdgeXtend delivers rugged and portable platforms that extend the power of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud to austere locations lacking reliable access to these ubiquitous enterprise services. EdgeXtend provides rugged secure networking over 5G/4G/long-term evolution (LTE) commercial backbone, storage, and computing hardware. It incorporates zero trust security, DevOps practices, and AWS-native services that leverage the cloud when connected and maintain resilient operations when disconnected.