Recording mobile communications coverage in Brandenburg

Project content

Seamless mobile communications coverage means a more attractive location for companies and ensures that everyone can participate in digital development – in the city and in the countryside. Especially for industrial or agricultural applications, but also for mobility and healthcare solutions, it is crucial that high-performance mobile communications are available not only in the metropolitan areas, but also in the countryside. In order to make the state of Brandenburg fit for the future and attractive, knowledge of the state of mobile network coverage and the resulting optimization measures are indispensable.

Goals

The objective of the project was a state-wide inventory and analysis of the current mobile coverage situation of the telecommunications companies in the state in order to support the planning of mobile application scenarios and a targeted expansion of mobile coverage in Brandenburg.

Tasks of aconium GmbH

On behalf of DigitalAgentur Brandenburg GmbH (DABB), aconium GmbH carried out surveys of the road network in Brandenburg in 2020/21 to analyze mobile network coverage. The main survey covered the entire public road network in Brandenburg. Over 40,000 kilometers of road were covered with a total of ten measurement vehicles to collect measurement data. In addition to active measurements to simulate the user perspective via smartphone, passive measurements of the average frequencies (amplitude measurements) were also carried out. Additional measurements were also carried out at more than 1,100 special measuring points to collect data on latency and download rates. In this way, the current state of the mobile networks in Brandenburg was determined and special measurements were carried out to determine the real data throughput at particularly relevant locations. aconium has compiled a report on the measurement campaign.