Solution 5G for the Industry 4.0

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• 5G
• The fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0

COVID-19 effects: what will be with the market of a solutions 5G for the Industry 4.0

2020

In May, 2020 the question which is raised for themselves by analysts of the market consists in whether will accelerate COVID-19 a trend on penetration of private cellular transmission networks into production or will slow down it? In spite of the fact that all of us are engaged several months in correction of life and business in the conditions of a global pandemic, data on plans of the industry on digital conversion still arrive, but COVID-19 changed a game for all. New data of researches of Nokia and ABI Research provide us a prepandemic marker using which we can monitor more precisely trends of implementation of technologies before and after a pandemic.

If we conducted this survey again today, from the moment of emergence of COVID-19, cloud infrastructure would probably have higher rating as it provides remote visibility and remote monitoring - obvious requirement in response to COVID-19. Nokia sees interest in the cloud opportunities accelerating as a result of COVID-19 just as interest in digital twins and the software of modeling in general, and to new models of service

Forecasts for penetration of private cellular networks into production

The research was concentrated on the short-term factors influencing decisions on purchase of the new industrial systems in the field of IT and OT (operational technologies). Results showed that the IT drivers first of all are directed to reduction of a downtime (53%), increase in efficiency of transactions (42%) and increase in security (36%). For comparison, the OT drivers reflect desire to replace outdated infrastructure (43%), to increase efficiency (40%) and to increase the capacity (38%). Became interesting the fact that a downtime was estimated as more critical factor among specialists of IT, but not OT though usually idle time among IT was not so important. It can be reflection of the fact that production IT departments accepted concern of OT concerning idle time as the pacing factor defining the technological solutions OT. Ascertaining of such fact could explain why the main objective of OT, on survey results, is replacement of outdated infrastructure.

What changes for the industry are brought by implementation of private cellular networks

"A manufacturing sector in general endures large-scale conversions. Automation long time was focused on the line level, but now producers begin to think of automation at the system level, and it means upgrade of the used machines and infrastructure. One of the reasons of automation of bigger quantity of things is that it provides greater mobility in terms of raw materials logistics on the enterprise, and then finished goods. At the heart of this mobility will be more wireless - the private selected cellular networks for support of new infrastructure. One of big changes is connected with monitoring here. It occurs from the moment of emergence of communication of M2M (machine machine), and even now many industrial IoT are engaged in monitoring. But the abyss which we cross now is connected with wireless management. It is very important integrate possibilities of monitoring and management, and it will occur during the certain time frame because the selected private networks really allow it. In three areas mentioned by me - a cloud, digital twins and models of service - all of them depend on the opportunities given by the selected private cellular networks - data in real time, simultaneous information exchange and, as a result, democratization of decision making process

In the research Nokia and ABI Research predict that by 2023 they bigger quantity from 5.5 billion digital factory connections will be wireless. The majority of these connections will be absolutely new (the automated vehicles, modern HMI, sensor networks, expanded tracking of assets, etc.) and to be supported by private LTE and a 5G.

2019

The research project Nokia / ABI Research at the end of 2019 conducted survey more than 600 persons making decisions in the field of production for assessment of the investment strategies connected with 4G 5G and Industry 4.0. Eighty eight percent of respondents said that they are familiar with private wireless networks (4G/5G), and 84% consider the possibility of deployment of a local private wireless network 4G/5G in the production operations.

In particular, poll showed that 74% of respondents aim to upgrade the communication networks and managements by the end of 2022, and more than 90% investigate use 4G and/or 5G in the activity. This intention is emphasized with the survey results showing that more than a half of respondents (52%) consider that the last generation 4G/LTE and a 5G will be necessary for achievement of their purposes of conversion.

Respondents specified that their growing interest to 4G/LTE and a 5G is connected with: need of digitization and improvement of the existing infrastructure (63%), automation using robotics (51%) and performance improvements of work of employees (42%). In particular, the priority fields of purchases connected with 4G/LTE and a 5G, include automation and upgrade of machines (47%), IIoT initiatives (41%), and cloud infrastructure - 37%). According to Nokia, in 2019 the majority (86%) of global factory connections were fixed. Based on data of this poll, Nokia predicts that this number will be reduced to 40% by 2025 and 14% by 2030. The company expects that installation of stationary lines will grow by 12% during the period between 2019 and 2030 as 4G increases by 14.7%, LPWAN and LTE grow for 93.8%, and use of Wi-fi for the same period increases by 29.8%.