Using a Private 5G Network to Support the International Broadcast of the Coronation of HM King Charles III 

Winner of the 2024 NAB BEIT Conference Proceedings Best Paper Award

Wireless cameras for news contribution feeds regularly use “bonded-cellular” devices, which connect to and split the encoded video across multiple public mobile network SIMs. However, in high demand density environments with large crowds, the public networks can quickly become saturated and unable to sustain the necessary bitrates to support high-definition video. To overcome this and provide uncontested wireless connectivity, the largest pop-up 5G standalone non-public (private) network of its type was deployed outside Buckingham Palace and along The Mall to Admiralty Arch to support news contributions for domestic and foreign broadcasters at the Coronation of HM King Charles III, without changing the contribution workflow.

Sam Yoffe | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Malcolm Brew | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Douglas Allan | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Kenneth Barlee | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Dani Anderson | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Odianosen Ighagbon | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Damien Muir | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Joshua Goldsmith | Neutral Wireless Ltd. |
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Cameron Speirs| Neutral Wireless Ltd. | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Robert Stewart | Neutral Wireless Ltd. | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Ian Wagdin | BBC R&D | London, United Kingdom
Marl B. Waddell | BBC R&D | London, United Kingdom
Purminder Gandhu | BBC R&D | London, United Kingdom
Andy Reed | BBC News | London, United Kingdom
Simon Ashton | BBC Technology and Media Operations | London, United Kingdom