Annual San Hejmo Festival draws thousands of attendees to Weeze, with Vodafone boosting network coverage on the festival grounds
Vodafone is gearing up for the San Hejmo Festival in Weeze, Germany, by setting up three mobile base stations on the festival grounds. This move is part of Vodafone's commitment to connecting people, machines, families, friends, politics, economy, and society, especially during large events.
The mobile base stations, transported to the location by truck about a week before the visitors arrive, are a crucial part of Vodafone's strategy to ensure a reliable network even with high load. These stations enable surfing, calling, and cashless payments, despite peak usage, making the festival experience more seamless for attendees.
The base stations are cabled, connected to the power grid, and integrated into the existing mobile network in terms of frequency technology. The setup process and commissioning take at least three days.
Vodafone's network strategy involves leveraging advanced 5G Standalone (5GSA) technology with network slicing. This approach creates multiple virtual networks tailored to different needs on a single physical infrastructure, guaranteeing dedicated capacity and quality of service even under peak loads.
In addition, Vodafone is building a future-ready mobile network using 5G Advanced technologies, Open RAN architecture, and automation. These technologies help manage the complex demands of large-scale events by dynamically allocating network resources and optimizing performance in real time.
Other enhancements include deploying multi-operator core network (MOCN) technology, which allows sharing of infrastructure to improve coverage and capacity during high-demand scenarios. Edge computing and low latency features like L4S and RedCap technology also help handle massive data flows efficiently during festivals.
Visitors to the San Hejmo Festival can utilise emergency apps like the mobile rescuer of the DRK and the Malteser Notfall-Hilfe-App. In case of an emergency, emergency calls are immediately forwarded to the emergency control center via the mobile stations, and the exact location of callers is automatically forwarded as well.
Vodafone Germany, one of the leading communications corporations in Germany, generates an annual turnover of approximately 13 billion euros with around 15,000 employees. The company has over 30 million mobile, over 10 million broadband, and around 12 million TV customers.
The company is driving infrastructure expansion in Germany and reaching two-thirds of all German households with gigabit speed in its nationwide cable-fiber network. These efforts demonstrate Vodafone's commitment to providing reliable, high-speed connectivity for its customers, whether at home or at large events like the San Hejmo Festival.
- Vodafone's network strategy at the San Hejmo Festival involves utilizing advanced 5G Standalone (5GSA) technology, which creates multiple virtual networks tailored to different needs on a single physical infrastructure, ensuring dedicated capacity and quality of service even under peak loads.
- The mobile base stations transported to the San Hejmo Festival are integrated into the existing mobile network using frequency technology, with the setup process and commissioning taking at least three days, enabling seamless surfing, calling, and cashless payments.
