Rosatom and Nokia tested the Private LTE/5G dedicated wireless network at the Chepetsk Mechanical Plant

2021: Private LTE/5G Dedicated Wireless Network Testing

On March 9, 2021, it became known that companies Grinat (IT integrator) Rosatom Nokia tested a dedicated Private/on wireless network. LTE5G Chepetsk Mechanical Plant (ChMZ JSC) The technology partner was the operator. mobile communication Tele2

As explained, this project was carried out in preparation for the implementation on the basis of Greenatom of a project to deploy an industry cellular network aimed at creating a single IT landscape and a trusted data transmission infrastructure at Rosatom enterprises.

ChMZ JSC has already become the second enterprise of the fuel division where they tested the Private LTE network - in November 2019, similar tests were held at the Machine-Building Plant (PJSC MSZ) in Elektrostal.

The dedicated Private LTE pilot network was deployed on the basis of the industrial-grade Nokia solution, including equipment software and for the kernels 5G LTE/Ready and 5G (Nokia Digital Automation Cloud NDAC) network, equipment of the Nokia Flexi Zone Micro LTE and Nokia Flexi Zone Mini-Macro base stations, as well as solutions for positioning KIA. The video surveillances tests involved frequencies of 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz Tele2. Also, as part of the project, some existing IT platforms of the Chepetsk Mechanical Plant were switched to a dedicated wireless network.

The test results confirmed the efficiency and prospects of using the dedicated LTE/5G Ready wireless network in the current production of the nuclear industry with the possibility of further transition to the fifth generation standard.

The use of the dedicated LTE/5G Ready wireless network allows the implementation of a wide range of digital services at ROSATOM enterprises, including employee status and location monitoring systems, Push-to-Talk communications , intelligent, video analysts and Narrow Band-based systems - IoT the standard of cellular communications for energy efficient telemetry collection devices.

The dedicated LTE/5G Ready wireless network meets the operational efficiency requirements of the nuclear industry: such as the appropriate level of quality and stability of communication, safety; Continuous support for critical operations wide coverage areas for connection of various devices; adequate capacity to cope with the rapid growth of devices, sensors and data; Scalability and responsiveness to changing manufacturing requirements.

Chepetsk Mechanical Plant is the flagship of Rosatom in the field of the introduction of digital technologies in real production. The deployed LTE/5G Ready pilot dedicated wireless network allowed you to combine existing plant systems and test digital communication services at the enterprise. The use of wireless technology simplified the production process and made it possible to freely move machines and production lines. said Evgeny Abakumov, information technology director of ROSATOM

The implementation of this project in the current manufacturing plant is an excellent example of how digital wireless technologies provide digital transformation and transition to Industry 4.0 in compliance with all requirements of the nuclear industry. told Yulia Chernyadyeva, Nokia's director of business development with corporate and state customers in the Eastern Europe region

Tele2 is actively building dedicated LTE/5G Ready networks with large corporate customers in enterprises and fields, and thanks to the project with Rosatom and Nokia, the portfolio of such projects has been replenished with a case. We see growing interest from B2B and B2G customers towards Private LTE. Each case of dedicated networks requires a special approach to the technical solution, and the implementation of the next project allows us to deepen our expertise in this area. As of March 2021, the construction of dedicated LTE networks on 5G Ready equipment is promising. Given the allocation of frequencies, this will allow the introduction of an updated standard in the enterprise as soon as possible. said Alexey Telkov, Deputy General Director for Technical Infrastructure and Information Technologies Tele2