PICANT-BOS: Private ad-hoc networks based on 5G and Wi-Fi for emergency response for authorities and organizations with security tasks

In the PICANT-BOS project, temporary broadband networks limited locally to the emergency environment are being set up to enable rescue services to use modern, high-quality means of communication. These ad-hoc networks are located in the so-called lightly licensed spectrum (LLS), e.g. at 4 and 6 GHz, and support the networks already available today such as TETRA and public networks such as 5G and Wi-Fi. LLS refers to frequencies that can be allocated exclusively but only locally to certain users. For emergency operations, new solutions are to be developed for how these LLS frequencies could be used to provide broadband network access for BOS for a limited period of time at the emergency site, which meets the high demands on security, guaranteed minimum data rate and availability, i.e. coverage of all necessary forces at the emergency site. The PICANT-BOS project also aims to design, develop and evaluate the integration of these new ad-hoc 5G and Wi-Fi networks on LLS frequencies with TETRA and the existing public networks, using appropriate end devices with BOS-specific applications