Wireless Communication for Factory Automation: an opportunity for LTE and 5G systems

The evolution of wireless communication from 4G toward 5G is driven by application demands and business models envisioned for 2020 and beyond. This requires network support for novel use cases in addition to classical mobile broadband services. Wireless factory automation is an application area with...

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Published in:IEEE communications magazine 2016-06, Vol.54 (6), p.36-43
Main Authors: Holfeld, Bernd, Wieruch, Dennis, Wirth, Thomas, Thiele, Lars, Ashraf, Shehzad Ali, Huschke, Jorg, Aktas, Ismet, Ansari, Junaid
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
Business
Classification
Evolution
Factories
Industrial plants
Long Term Evolution
Manufacturing automation
Mobile communication systems
Production facilities
Reliability
Wireless communication
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:The evolution of wireless communication from 4G toward 5G is driven by application demands and business models envisioned for 2020 and beyond. This requires network support for novel use cases in addition to classical mobile broadband services. Wireless factory automation is an application area with highly demanding communication requirements. We classify these requirements and identify the opportunities for the current LTE air interface for factory automation applications. Moreover, we give an outlook on the relevant design considerations to be addressed by 5G communication systems.
ISSN:0163-6804
1558-1896
DOI:10.1109/MCOM.2016.7497764