Centro Tecnolóxico de Telecomunicacións de Galicia (GRADIANT)
Centro Tecnolóxico de Telecomunicacións de Galicia (GRADIANT)

Overview

Gradiant, Spanish ICT technology centre, aims to improve the competitiveness of companies by transferring knowledge and technologies in the fields of connectivity, intelligence and  security. With more than 100 professionals and 14 applied patents, Gradiant has developed more than 285 different R&D&i projects, becoming one of the main engines of innovation in Galicia. In 2018, Gradiant’s turnover reached 5 million euros, working with more than 170 clients in 29 countries.

Gradiant is backed by a board that includes representatives of the three Galician universities (Vigo, Santiago and A Coruña) and seven companies from the telecommunications industry: Altia, Arteixo Telecom, Egatel, Indra, Plexus, R, Telefónica, Televés; and INEO business association, which represents most of ICT Galician companies.

The commitment with quality is a constant from the beginning. Nine months after starting the activity, Gradiant achieved the Quality Management UNE-EN ISO 9001:2008; and one year later, UNE 166002 R&D&I… Gradiant has its own computing HPC resources. This HPC infrastructure is 100% owned by Gradiant.

Gradiant has an advanced experimental environment for the design, development and validation of:

Future Cellular Network Technologies

New Radio Access Technologies
New SDN/NFV architectures
Advanced Security Features
Novel equipment and devices

Novel communications services and applications for different vertical sectors

Intelligent Video analysis for Security applications
Process automation and optimization for Industry 4.0
Multimedia Content Broadcasting
C-ITS Advanced Services

This environment includes a virtual 5G infrastructure that is used in the form of a Testing LAB, which includes:

OpenStack and Kubernetes virtualization

Orquestación NFV orchestration.

SDN devices: Switch Bare-metal 48x10G.

Radio devices: multiple SDRs, RF-SOC, modem 5G

Interconection RF matrix + mobile anechoic camera

…. Gradiant offers the following services:

R&D

R&D project development
Prototype design and implementation
Proof of concept development

Strategic advice

ICT diagnosis
ICT innovation strategy advice
Technical feasibility analysis
Systems design / advanced ICT architectures: on-board or
HW systems; data capture systems based on IoT
platforms; massive data storage and processing systems;
Cloud systems and architectures for OPEX reduction
Proof of concept

Technology surveillance

Technology surveillance: Systematic analysis of information on the state of digital technologies of interest to the company to help it in the strategic decision-making process.
Technological evaluation

Technical expert

Expert technical advice
Optimization of ICT infrastructure
Performance of HW systems and software
Technical consultancy in ICT tools
Technical advice for investments
Process Mining
NEOTEC reports
Technology…. Yes. service.