TY - JOUR
T1 - Critical communications over mobile operators' networks
T2 - 5G use cases enabled by licensed spectrum sharing, network slicing and QoS control
AU - Höyhtyä, Marko
AU - Lähetkangas, Kalle
AU - Suomalainen, Jani
AU - Hoppari, Mika
AU - Kujanpää, Kaisa
AU - Ngo Trung, Kien
AU - Kippola, Tero
AU - Heikkilä, Marjo
AU - Posti, Harri
AU - Mäki, Jari
AU - Savunen, Tapio
AU - Hulkkonen, Ari
AU - Kokkinen, Heikki
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Commercial mobile operators’ networks will be used for public safety communications due to demand for wireless broadband services, new applications, and smart devices. Existing dedicated professional mobile radio (PMR) networks, such as terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA), Tetrapol, and project 25 (P25), are based on narrowband technologies and hence their data bandwidth is limited. This paper studies how critical communications needed e.g., by ambulance personnel, rescue squads, and law enforcement agencies can be implemented over a 5G network. The most important technology enablers are described and test network architectures used in our project given. We focus on two different use cases: First, how to enable priority communications over a commercial mobile network. Second, how to create rapidly deployable networks for emergency and tactical operations. Tests done with the implemented systems in real networks show that both approaches are very promising for future critical users. Techniques such as network slicing and licensed shared access (LSA) provide means to support mission critical applications in any environment.
AB - Commercial mobile operators’ networks will be used for public safety communications due to demand for wireless broadband services, new applications, and smart devices. Existing dedicated professional mobile radio (PMR) networks, such as terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA), Tetrapol, and project 25 (P25), are based on narrowband technologies and hence their data bandwidth is limited. This paper studies how critical communications needed e.g., by ambulance personnel, rescue squads, and law enforcement agencies can be implemented over a 5G network. The most important technology enablers are described and test network architectures used in our project given. We focus on two different use cases: First, how to enable priority communications over a commercial mobile network. Second, how to create rapidly deployable networks for emergency and tactical operations. Tests done with the implemented systems in real networks show that both approaches are very promising for future critical users. Techniques such as network slicing and licensed shared access (LSA) provide means to support mission critical applications in any environment.
KW - public safety
KW - priority communications
KW - mission-critical communications
KW - 5G mobile communication
KW - Network slicing
KW - Mission critical systems
KW - Public safety
KW - Quality of service
KW - Delays
KW - Safety
KW - 3GPP
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85057860142&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2883787
DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2883787
M3 - Article
VL - 6
SP - 73572
EP - 73582
JO - IEEE Access
JF - IEEE Access
SN - 2169-3536
M1 - 8550640
ER -