ICT-619555 RESCUE D 4 . 4 Version 1 . 0 Final report on practical assessment of the RESCUE architecture

This deliverable summarizes the practical assessment of the links-on-the-fly concept. To do so, a software and hardware integration based on GNU Radio and SDR devices has been performed. Intensive verification and validation within three different testing facilities provided a stable framework for the subsequent assessment. The evaluation strategy comprises experiments under controllable and reproducible test conditions considering the OTAinVEE approach followed by field trials in an indoor testbed emulating the public safety use case, as well as outdoor tests emulating the V2V scenario. Finally, the outcomes of the practical evaluations are compared and analyzed jointly. These results are also analyzed in the light of previous outcomes from other work packages within the RESCUE project. Keyword list: validation, verification, SDR, channel sounding, channel modelling, OTAinVEE, demonstration, V2V, VANET, public safety operations, lossy links, multi-hop communication, wireless networks