In recent years, Belgium has faced a series of major national crises, including the Pukkelpop festival storm in 2016, the Wallonia floods in the summer 2021, the hunt for Jurgen Conings in 2021, and the terrorist attacks at Brussels Airport and metro in 2016. While mobile communication infrastructure such as cellular networks (2G/3G/4G/5G) and TETRA are assumed to be universally accessible by Public Protection & Disaster Relief (PPDR) services, the reality during these crises has revealed the inefficiency and unreliability of fixed communication infrastructure in providing vital connectivity for mission-critical services. Various factors contribute to this inadequacy, including damaged or insufficient infrastructure, overloaded network resources, suboptimal coverage, and a lack of reliability and Quality of Service (QoS). Given the paramount importance of communication during operations involving the Belgian Defense, there is a pressing need for a dependable AD HOC communication network that can be relied upon in such critical situations.
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