The Netherlands

Location: Automotive Campus, Helmond, The Netherlands.

The Dutch trial site is investigating and demonstrating how a digital twin can benefit from the possibilities that beyond-5G networks offer.

To do this, the four partners in the Dutch trial site are implementing three use cases, all involving the Digital Twin (DT), with different QoS requirements on the connections between the DT and the UEs of the data providers. The DT (Siemens) and V2X service provider (Commsignia) use the ENVELOPE APIs, developed within the project, to request QoS on demand from the 5G core provider (TNO). The 5G core provider ensures that data collection from the UEs is successful and predictable. From a mobile operator perspective, network resources are optimized to meet the Digital Twin service requirements.

The B5G network can, for example, propose the best QoS profile for the service to use, while allocating resources based on various factors such as historical network performance and vehicle mobility information. The 5G core is connected to a 5G gNB (KPN).

Pilot status (2026) 

The Dutch trial site is operational at the Automotive Campus in Helmond. The B5G network (5G RAN and TNO’s Open5GS-based core) and the multi-access edge computing (MEC) environment are in place, and the core ENVELOPE APIs — Quality on Demand (QoD), Device Location / geofencing, Edge Cloud management and Performance Metrics — have been implemented and tested. A Predictive QoS (pQoS) capability, chaining CAMARA predictive-connectivity data through the network exposure and analytics functions into an AI model, is being finalised. 

A four-point data-collection framework captures KPIs across the Experimentation-as-a-Service layer, the V2X application server, the B5G core and the CMS on-board unit, enabling end-to-end validation of each use case. 

Use-case progress:  

• UC1 (periodic vehicle data collection) has been validated;  

• UC2 (vehicle testing with mixed reality) enters its first test week in July 2026;  

• UC3 (tele-operated driving aided by the digital twin) is in progress, with testing scheduled for the second half of 2026.