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Venue connectivityA network that holds when the venue is full.
A full venue can bring public networks to a standstill just when broadcast, ticketing, payments and safety need them most. A private 5G network and venue Wi-Fi with an edge server keep operations on their own capacity, carry broadcast cameras and give fans connectivity that works.
Plan a deploymentHow it worksStation Builder- Industry
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- Sources cited
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Events · Venue connectivity
Full house, no signal
A full venue can bring public networks to a standstill just when broadcast, ticketing, payments and safety need them most. Cables tie broadcast cameras down, and fans expect to share the moment. Operations need capacity that the crowd cannot take away.
What is measured
Every cell, every service
The network measures itself: capacity and latency by service on every cell, Wi-Fi coverage and load in concourses and stands, broadcast link quality for wireless cameras, and radio exposure in public areas near antennas at commissioning. Each reading carries its time and its quality flags.
- Measured
- Capacity · Latency · Wi-Fi load · Broadcast link quality · Radio exposure
The base node
Slices that hold at peak
The edge server processes broadcast and safety video on site, slices capacity between operations, broadcast and fans so each keeps what it needs at peak, and watches every cell and access point for problems during the event. Nothing is lost when a link drops; the node keeps it.
Radio and links
Private 5G, Wi-Fi and fibre
A private 5G network carries operations, broadcast cameras and safety devices on reserved capacity, venue Wi-Fi carries fans and hospitality, and fibre links the venue to carriers, broadcasters and the cloud. Each link is chosen for the place, not from a catalogue.
- Links
- Private 5G · Wi-Fi · Fibre
How it works
From a goal to a replay
A late goal brings the whole stadium to its feet. Fan traffic spikes on Wi-Fi; payments and the safety cameras keep their slices, and a wireless camera on the touchline sends the replay to the broadcaster through the edge server within seconds.
From order to operation · Order
Scope the services
The scope reads the venue, events, broadcast needs, operations and fan services, and carrier arrangements. Nexus Observatory Inc. returns the radio design, core and edge, service separation and a price per venue and per year. Every assumption in the scope is written down and priced.
Plan a deploymentFrom order to operation · Survey
Survey with a full house in mind
Crews survey stands, concourses and hospitality for cell and access point positions, cable routes and equipment rooms, with radio planning for a full venue. Findings are recorded with drawings. Every finding is kept with the site record for the crews who follow.
From order to operation · Permits
Spectrum and structures
Spectrum for the private network is licensed under local rules, the venue approves fixings on its structures, and broadcasters agree their slice. Every licence is kept with the venue record. Approvals are tracked site by site, so nothing waits unseen.
From order to operation · Build
Build and test at load
Cells, access points, the core and the edge server are configured with service slices, enrolled with their identities and load-tested in the lab before shipping. Test results travel with the kit to the site. Nothing ships until the whole kit has passed its tests together.
Open the Station BuilderFrom order to operation · Install
Install between events
Crews install cells and access points on the structure, run cabling to equipment rooms, install the core and edge server, and connect fibre. Every point is recorded. The site record is updated before the crew leaves. Crews follow the site safety plan throughout the work.
From order to operation · Commission
Commission at a full event
Each node proves its identity. Coverage and capacity are measured at a full event, broadcast links tested with the broadcaster, radio exposure checked in public areas and slices verified. Results are signed and kept with the site record. Acceptance is recorded with the owner before handover.
From order to operation · Operate
Run every event
Network operations see every cell, access point and slice live. Broadcast, payments and safety keep their capacity at peak, fans stay connected, and problems are fixed during the event. Reports for owners and funders come from the same record. Every alert and action is kept on the record.
From order to operation · Maintain
Tune and update
After each event the network is tuned from the data, equipment checked, software updated in rings and the radio plan adjusted for new configurations. Every change is kept with the venue record. Spares and procedures travel with the crews. Maintenance history stays with each site for its whole life.
Book field servicesData products
For operations, broadcasters and fans
Ticketing, payments and safety teams receive reserved capacity; broadcasters receive wireless broadcast links; spectators and hospitality guests receive connectivity; venue operators receive network performance reports, each tied to event and time. Each product carries its site, time and quality flags.
See the data productsEvidence
Built to the service requirements
The private network meets the 5G service requirements for dense venues and media production, Wi-Fi follows the international wireless LAN standard, and radio exposure in public areas is checked against international guidelines. Every event’s performance is kept. Records are open to the people who must check them.
- Drawn against
- 3GPP TS 22.261 · IEEE 802.11 · ICNIRP Guidelines
What you get
Private Wireless as a Service
Standalone private 5G or LTE for a site, campus, port or mine: radios, core, SIMs, spectrum route and operations. Delivered as managed service and hardware + software, for industrial operators, ports, campuses, venues, public safety. Scale: Per site; fleets of sites.
Talk to salesNext step
Plan venue connectivity with us
Tell us the site, the measurements and the rules it answers to. We reply with a survey proposal, a design and a scope for venue connectivity. An engineer replies with a survey proposal and a scope, and the plan grows from one site to the network you need, at your pace.
Plan a deploymentOpen the Station BuilderOpen the Studio
01The place and its hazards
Where it runs, and what can go wrong.
Operating contextService requirements for 5G systems cover dense venues and media production, wireless LANs follow the international Wi-Fi standard, and radio exposure in public areas is assessed against international guidelines. Venue operators separate operations, broadcast and public traffic.
Hazards
- Public networks overloaded on event days
- Broadcast cameras tied to cables
- Payments and ticketing failing at peak
- Safety teams without reliable radio data
- Radio exposure questions from the public
02What must be measured
What, where, how often, and under which rules.
Each measurement names where it is taken, how often, and the public standard or regulation behind it. Numbers in the sources column open the cited source below.
| Measurement | Where | Cadence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity and latency by service | Every cell and access point | Continuous | 1 |
| Wi-Fi coverage and load | Concourses, stands and hospitality | Continuous | 2 |
| Broadcast link quality | Wireless cameras on the private network | Continuous during events | 1 |
| Radio exposure in public areas | Stands and concourses near antennas | At commissioning and after changes | 3 |
03The observation stack
From one base unit to a network.
The same blocks at every scale: instruments and a base node, a site with its radio, a fleet run as one, and a network federated on the open protocol.
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Base unit
A cell: a small cell or access point on the venue structure.
Build a station → - 02
Site
A venue: cells and access points throughout, a compact core, an edge server and fibre.
Plan a site → - 03
Fleet
A venue operator’s grounds on one network operations view.
Managed offers → - 04
Network
Venues interconnect with carriers and broadcasters through standard interfaces.
The open protocol →
- 01Fixed camera
- 02Small cell (4G/5G)
- 03Wi-Fi access point
- 045G core appliance (UPF/core)
- 05GPU edge server
- 06Fibre terminal
Radio and links
Private 5G
A private 5G network carries operations, broadcast cameras and safety devices on reserved capacity.
Radio and links
Wi-Fi
Venue Wi-Fi carries fans and hospitality.
Radio and links
Fibre
Fibre links the venue to carriers, broadcasters and the cloud.
Edge computeThe edge server processes broadcast and safety video on site, slices capacity between operations, broadcast and fans, and watches every cell and access point.
PowerVenue power with an uninterruptible supply for the core and edge server.
04How it works
From the instrument to the product.
One observation’s path, tier by tier, with the interface on every link and a bill of materials below; then how the one node grows to a site, a fleet and federated networks.
Venue connectivity: data path
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01 Instruments Measurement with sensor identity andcalibration 02 Field radio 03 Radio access 04 Core network 05 Node – Wrap in an observation envelope with timequality– Measure quality and uncertainty, attachquality flags– Buffer locally (store-and-forward when thelink drops) 06 Backhaul Commit with transactional outbox andpublish, delivered at least once 07 Site Consumer inbox deduplicates and applieseach record once into governed data 08 Data store Governed product through API, map orexport, correction-aware 09 Products 3GPPIEEE 802.11SMPTE ST 2110 01 Fixed camera Ethernet 5G modems and routers Not in the reference kit Wi-Fi client devices Not in the reference kit 02 Small cell (4G/5G) Ethernet · Fibre · GNSS antenna ·1PPS/10 MHz 03 Wi-Fi access point Ethernet 04 5G core appliance (UPF/core) Ethernet · Fibre · BMC 05 GPU edge server Ethernet · Fibre · PCIe · BMC ·1PPS/10 MHz 06 Fibre terminal Fibre · Ethernet Site MQTT 5 with Sparkplug B Governed data store Versioned, correction-aware Reserved capacity for operations Wireless broadcast links Fan connectivity Network performance reports Ethernet · RTSP/ONVIF 5G NR Wi-Fi Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet Fibre Fibre| Item | Equipment | Data ports | Protocols | Power in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Fixed cameraFixed visible-light camera for site security, scene monitoring and machine vision. | Ethernet | RTSP with ONVIF profiles, MQTT 5 | PoE |
| 02 | Small cell (4G/5G)Integrated base station (radio, baseband, antenna) for private LTE or NR on a local licence, shared-spectrum or leased route. A CBRS CBSD is a small cell that also registers with a spectrum access system. | EthernetFibreGNSS antenna1PPS/10 MHz | 3GPP NR air interface, 3GPP E-UTRA air interface, IEEE 1588 PTP, O-RAN E2, A1, O1 | PoE, 48 V DC, AC mains |
| 03 | Wi-Fi access pointOutdoor or indoor Wi-Fi access point, optionally with Passpoint for roaming. | Ethernet | IEEE 802.11 | PoE |
| 04 | 5G core appliance (UPF/core)Local 5G standalone core with user-plane function and local breakout, so site traffic stays on site. | EthernetFibreBMC | 3GPP 5G core service-based interfaces, DMTF Redfish | AC mains, 48 V DC |
| 05 | GPU edge serverShort-depth server with one or more accelerator modules for inference, training and AI-RAN shared compute at the edge. | EthernetFibrePCIeBMC1PPS/10 MHz | DMTF Redfish, IEEE 1588 PTP, MQTT 5 | AC mains, 48 V DC |
| 06 | Fibre terminalOptical network terminal or media converter that lands fibre backhaul at a site. | FibreEthernet | IEEE 1588 PTP | 12 V DC, 48 V DC, AC mains |
How it scales
01 Instruments Arbitrary qualified sensors and instruments whosemeasurements are ingested with calibration, units,geometry, time, custody and uncertainty. ×n 02 Node The minimum useful deployable unit: server, ruggedappliance, radio node, sensor gateway, satelliteterminal, AI, scientific, vehicle or virtual node. Node Node agent 03 Site The minimum independently operable localgovernance and failure domain: one or more nodesplus local network, identity, policy, evidence,storage, products and operator surfaces.SITE
Node Node Node ×n 04 Cluster An optional scale or specialisation domain forscheduling, shared storage, accelerators or datalocality.CLUSTER
×n 05 Fleet Coordinates plans, acknowledgements,convergence evidence, update campaigns andcorrection propagation across nodes and sites.FLEET
Fleet controller ×n 06 Federation An exchange of products, capabilities, events orwork across approved, independently administeredtrust domains, using explicit trust, policy,data-locality, version and correction contracts.TRUST DOMAIN
TRUST DOMAIN
TRUST DOMAIN
×n Verifier Applications Data in the field Telemetry Control Data upstream Control Data upstream Control Exchange Evidence Events Exchange- Data in the field
- MQTT 5 with Sparkplug B; connectors for LoRaWAN, OPC UA and instrument buses.
- Telemetry
- OpenTelemetry OTLP.
- Control
- TLS 1.3 with mutual authentication; protobuf messages over gRPC or HTTP/2.
- Data upstream
- At-least-once publication with repeat-safe keys over the control channel or NATS JetStream; QUIC MAY be used on lossy links.
- Evidence
- DSSE-signed in-toto statements; SLSA provenance; SCITT transparency receipts.
- Events
- Event envelopes mapped to CloudEvents 1.0; channels described in AsyncAPI 3.
- Exchange
- OpenAPI 3.1; the OGC API family; SensorThings; STAC; WIS 2.0.
05From order to operation
Every step, from the first call to a running site.
The same crew and the same record carry the work from scope to maintenance.
- 01 Order
Scope the services
The scope reads the venue, events, broadcast needs, operations and fan services, and carrier arrangements. Nexus Observatory Inc. returns the radio design, core and edge, service separation and a price per venue and per year. Every assumption in the scope is written down and priced. 1
- 02 Survey
Survey with a full house in mind
Crews survey stands, concourses and hospitality for cell and access point positions, cable routes and equipment rooms, with radio planning for a full venue. Findings are recorded with drawings. Every finding is kept with the site record for the crews who follow. 2
- 03 Permits
Spectrum and structures
Spectrum for the private network is licensed under local rules, the venue approves fixings on its structures, and broadcasters agree their slice. Every licence is kept with the venue record. Approvals are tracked site by site, so nothing waits unseen.
- 04 Build
Build and test at load
Cells, access points, the core and the edge server are configured with service slices, enrolled with their identities and load-tested in the lab before shipping. Test results travel with the kit to the site. Nothing ships until the whole kit has passed its tests together.
- 05 Install
Install between events
Crews install cells and access points on the structure, run cabling to equipment rooms, install the core and edge server, and connect fibre. Every point is recorded. The site record is updated before the crew leaves. Crews follow the site safety plan throughout the work.
- 06 Commission
Commission at a full event
Each node proves its identity. Coverage and capacity are measured at a full event, broadcast links tested with the broadcaster, radio exposure checked in public areas and slices verified. Results are signed and kept with the site record. Acceptance is recorded with the owner before handover. 31
- 07 Operate
Run every event
Network operations see every cell, access point and slice live. Broadcast, payments and safety keep their capacity at peak, fans stay connected, and problems are fixed during the event. Reports for owners and funders come from the same record. Every alert and action is kept on the record. 1
- 08 Maintain
Tune and update
After each event the network is tuned from the data, equipment checked, software updated in rings and the radio plan adjusted for new configurations. Every change is kept with the venue record. Spares and procedures travel with the crews. Maintenance history stays with each site for its whole life.
06Data products and integration
What it delivers, to whom, and into which systems.
Data products
- Reserved capacity for operationsTicketing, payments and safety teams
- Wireless broadcast linksBroadcasters
- Fan connectivitySpectators and hospitality guests
- Network performance reportsVenue operators
Integration
- CarriersFan traffic can interconnect with carriers under agreements.
- BroadcastersBroadcast slices hand off to production systems.
- Venue systemsTicketing, payments and safety run on their own slices.
Exchanged through 3GPP, IEEE 802.11, SMPTE ST 2110.
07Questions buyers ask
Before you scope it.
Will broadcast work in a full venue?
Yes, on reserved capacity of the private network.
Can fans use it?
Through venue Wi-Fi, and carriers where agreed.
Is radio exposure checked?
Yes, in public areas at commissioning.
Who runs it?
Our team or the venue’s, with remote support.
08Resources
The sources behind this page.
Public standards, regulations and guidance, cited where they apply. Each applies only where its jurisdiction or scope does.
- 13GPP TS 22.261: Service requirements for the 5G system3rd Generation Partnership Project
- 2IEEE 802.11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control and Physical Layer SpecificationsIEEE Standards Association
- 3ICNIRP Guidelines for limiting exposure to electromagnetic fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection · 2020
09Related
Use cases and solutions.
Use caseStadium operations private 5G slice
A private 5G slice for venue operations beside the neutral-host network, with crowd, heat and air sensing.The full use case →SolutionPrivate Wireless as a Service
Standalone private 5G or LTE for a site, campus, port or mine: radios, core, SIMs, spectrum route and operations.Solutions for events →SolutionAI-RAN and multi-access edge deployment
RAN and AI workloads on shared accelerated compute at the cell site or edge, integrated with O-RAN interfaces.Solutions for events →SolutionEdge inference for infrastructure
Models running beside the instrument on video, radar and sensor streams for assets and hazards; only results move upstream.Solutions for events →10Events: specialized fields
Other fields of this industry.
Specialized fieldStadiums and arenas
Crowd density, entry flow, weather and lightning at stadiums and arenas, joined in the control room so safety officers manage crowds and weather before they become incidents.The full field →Specialized fieldOutdoor festivals
Weather, lightning, wind on structures, noise at the neighbours and connectivity for festivals, deployed for the event and taken away after.The full field →Specialized fieldMarathons and endurance events
Heat stress, air quality and weather along marathon, cycling and triathlon courses, so medical teams and race directors protect athletes and change plans in time.The full field →Bring us the site.
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