Current setup
SC-418, tripod-mounted antenna, campus Open5GS core and instrumented test devices. Direct Ethernet and a separate router-backed path have been exercised.
Private 5G · Research & teaching
A mobile lab for private 5G.
5G on Wheels combines real radio hardware, an open-source core and an integrated observability environment into a research platform at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences.
The goal: a mobile laboratory on a wagon. Today, the antenna uses a tripod and the small cell connects to a stationary campus core.
Hardware · Connections · WagonInteractive 3D
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Wagon conceptFrom setup to mobile lab
Working today. Designed to go further.
The mobile platform grows out of the thesis implementation. Its network and its mechanical concept are at different stages.
The wagon goal
A shared rolling base, adjustable crank mast, upright small-cell mounting and organised power and cabling.
Next validation
Build the wagon with an adjustable mast and test deployment at multiple prepared sites. Use repeatable experiments to compare backhaul and application behaviour.
Research, teaching, applications
More than a connected phone.
Use the platform to ask a question and observe the answer across the network.
Understand 5G in a lab
Follow registration, authentication and PDU-session setup using actual devices and core events.
Run comparable experiments
Measure an end-to-end path and relate its behaviour to device, backhaul and workload.
Connect campus sensing
The campus weather station sends sensor data through the RUT976 and private 5G network to the existing application.
Monitoring
Explore live timelines →See the network state.
Monitoring data unavailable
Core services
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active Open5GS units observed
Small cell link
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gNB reported by the core
Registered UEs
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current core count
PDU sessions
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current core count
Architecture
From device to campus service.
The radio site is relocatable. Signalling and user traffic reach the stationary core over a campus backhaul connection.
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Device
Phone, modem or 5G router
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SC-418
5G radio and gNB
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Backhaul
Campus Ethernet or router
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Open5GS
AMF, SMF and UPF
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Service
Campus application
What would you explore with a private 5G network?
Connect new devices, try different backhaul paths or develop an application for the campus. The platform is a starting point for the next project.