On October 17, 2024, in Riga, Latvia, the European Defence Fund project 5G COMPAD (5G Communications for Peacekeeping and Defence) held its first global demonstration, showcasing various 5G network deployment scenarios at sea, in the air, and on land. The demonstration was organized by 5G COMPAD consortium member LMT and took place at the military base “Daugavgrīva”.
During the demonstration, several innovative 5G network deployment options were presented. These included potential network coverage simulations, 5G drone tests, satellite communication integration, and other 5G applications on ships at sea. The 5G COMPAD demonstration in Latvia’s 5G testing environment allowed for the evaluation of 5G performance under various conditions and the exploration of new potential use cases.
The global demonstration was attended by 5G COMPAD project partners, stakeholders, and representatives from the Ministries of Defense of European Union member states participating in the implementation of the consortium project.
IDE participated with its broadband Software Defined Radio for high-speed multimedia information transfer, WiWAN-CP. During the demonstration the WiWAN-CP provided the ability to interconnect two independent 5G networks, one used in a Command Center and the other in a Patrolling vehicle. Video, voice, and text messaging services amongst mobile cellphones of Command Center and Patrol Team users, were successfully demonstrated over the WiWAN-CP secure link.
The 5G COMPAD project was kicked off in December 2022 and will run for 36 months. The project consortium partners are Saab, Ericsson, Rheinmetall, Bittium, Nokia, Thales, Leonardo, Inster, Eight Bells, Intracom Defense (IDE), CAFA Tech, Telenor, Sintef, FFI (NO Gov), LMT, AIT, Synkzone, BHE, and APR Technologies, while the Sub-Contractors are CNIT, Fraunhofer FKIE, CEA and Space Hellas SA.
Learn more about the 5G COMPAD project here: https://5gcompad.eu/
Project: 101103519 – 5G COMPAD – EDF-2021-C4ISR-D-2