CFB Highlights Potential of 5G for Emergency Communications in Denmark

The Danish Center of Emergency Communications FREBI project (Future Emergency Communications – Infrastructure), participated in a workshop that highlighted the potential of 5G in relation to private networks with a focus on access access to frequencies.

On 30 September 2024, the Danish CFB FREBI project (Future Emergency Communications – Infrastructure) participated in a workshop on private 5G networks. The workshop highlighted the potential of 5G technology in relation to private networks, and there was a focus on access to frequencies.

The workshop was held by the Climate Data Agency in collaboration with the Danish 5G Innovation Hub & Testbed and Aalborg University in Copenhagen.

CFB contributed to the workshop by lending 5G equipment to remotely control a mobile robot in a live demo. The demonstration made clear the potential for the emergency services' use of 5G technology for mobile and local coverage solutions. In addition, TV2 Danmark demonstrated content production via CFB's private 5G network.

Like the FREBI project and the emergency services, TV media and certain production companies need nomadic use of frequencies (frequencies that can be used in the places where it is needed), in order to communicate during incidents all over the country. CFB is currently developing a network van that can provide emergency services with broadband communications in "island operation" that can function independently of commercial mobile networks. With access to nomadic use of frequencies, it will be possible to create a mobile 5G private network from a network van at a given damage location.

CFB also said that it will continue the collaboration with the Climate Data Agency and other relevant actors to have the new radio frequency band laid out so that it caters to as many actors as possible and so that it strengthens critical communication during emergency incidents.