Public safety operations require fast and reliable mission critical communications under various scenarios, in which the availability of wireless connectivity can be a question of life or death. To provide connectivity when and where it counts, we have witnessed a growing demand for deployable networks for public safety in natural disasters or emergency situations. This article investigates the opportunities of using the 5th generation (5G) new radio (NR) standard for designing flexible and reliable deployable networks. We describe use cases and provide an overview of deployable 5G network concepts, including architecture options, system performance analysis, and coexistence aspects. We also identify technical challenges that can be considered in the evolution of 5G NR to unlock the full potential of deployable 5G networks.
@article{arxiv.2110.05360,
title = {Towards Providing Connectivity When and Where It Counts: An Overview of Deployable 5G Networks},
author = {Jingya Li and Xingqin Lin and Keerthi Kumar Nagalapur and Zhiqiang Qi and Adrián Lahuerta-Lavieja and Thomas Chapman and Sam Agneessens and Henrik Sahlin and Daniel Guldbrand and Joakim Åkesson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.05360},
year = {2022}
}
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8 pages, 6 figures, accepted by IEEE Communications Standards Magazine