TUM 5G Campus Network
The TUM 5G Campus Network is a private 5G cellular mobile communication network that operates fully autonomously. It spans multiple TUM campuses from Garching to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and is operated by members of the Chair of Communication Networks, with the 5G Core Network located in the chair's lab. The TUM 5G Campus Network is funded by the 6G Research Hub 6G-life in phase 1 and phase 2, which are supported by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR). It is entirely based on commercially available products.
Network Overview
The TUM 5G Campus Network consists of a 5G core network located at the TUM Main Campus and a Radio Access Network (RAN) consisting of a total of 7 Base Stations that serve a total of 17 indoor and outdoor radio cells. The TUM 5G Campus Network currently spans a total of four campuses of TUM:
- TUM Main Campus in Munich Arcisstrasse: Electrical and Computer Engineering (building 9) (hosting also the 5G core network) and the main courtyard in front of the TUM library
- TUM Campus Garching with two sites: Informatics/Mathematics building (FMI) and the rooftop of Zentrum für Energie und Information (ZEI) with two outdoor MIMO cells covering Lichtenbergstrasse
- TUM Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence in Munich at Georg-Brauchle-Ring
- TUM Geriatronics Campus in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
For a detailed network overview, please refer to [1].
Related Projects
The following projects are mainly related to the TUM 5G Campus Network:
Publications
[1] Diederich Philip; Haider, Valentin Thomas; Kellerer, Wolfgang: The Chronicles of Deploying a 5G Campus Network: Challenges, Insights, and Experiences. Proc. of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), 2026. To appear.