The Chronicles of Deploying a 5G Campus Network: Challenges, Insights, and Experiences

Private 5G Campus Networks (CNs) are rapidly gaining momentum as emerging industrial applications and open-source ecosystems push beyond the capabilities of public mobile networks. However, despite this growing interest, real-world insights into how private 5G networks behave at scale remain limited. Providing such insights is difficult because building and operating a 5G CN requires substantial hardware investments and operational expertise, making large-scale deployments rare. In this work, we introduce the TUM 5G CN, which, to the best of our knowledge, is the first documented deployment spanning multiple university campuses and integrating a heterogeneous set of Base Stations (BSs). We describe its physical and network architecture, assess throughput, latency, and coverage, and outline planned extensions. The presented findings support researchers and practitioners in deploying their own private 5G networks.     «

Private 5G Campus Networks (CNs) are rapidly gaining momentum as emerging industrial applications and open-source ecosystems push beyond the capabilities of public mobile networks. However, despite this growing interest, real-world insights into how private 5G networks behave at scale remain limited. Providing such insights is difficult because building and operating a 5G CN requires substantial hardware investments and operational expertise, making large-scale deployments rare. In this work, we...     »