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access icon openaccess Potential applications of 5G communication technologies in collaborative intelligent manufacturing

  • Author(s): Yanjun Shi 1 ; Qiaomei Han 1 ; Weiming Shen 2 ; Hui Zhang 3
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  • Source: Volume 1, Issue 4, December 2019, p. 109 – 116
    DOI:  10.1049/iet-cim.2019.0007 , Online ISSN 2516-8398
This is an open access article published by the IET under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Received 11/06/2019, Accepted 16/09/2019, Revised 12/08/2019, Published 27/09/2019

Nowadays most of the communication technologies used in the manufacturing industry are still wired, including various fieldbuses and dedicated industrial Ethernet technologies, though wireless communication technologies including WiFi and ZigBee are recently being adopted. This study is to investigate the integration of 5G wireless communication technologies with collaborative intelligent manufacturing (CIM) processes and systems. 5G technologies and typical scenarios including enhanced mobile broadband, massive machine type communications, and ultra-reliable low latency communication are introduced. Various possible applications or business slices of 5G in CIM are analysed, including human–machine interfaces and production IT, process automation, factory automation, logistics and warehousing, monitoring, and maintenance. These applications are analysed by the functions as modules with the extended 5C architecture. A modular collaborative production approach is suggested to combine modules to achieve on-demand resource allocation and complete flexible tasks in CIM systems. Related research challenges and opportunities are also discussed.

Inspec keywords: logistics; groupware; resource allocation; broadband networks; wireless LAN; 5G mobile communication; Zigbee; human computer interaction; computer integrated manufacturing; intelligent manufacturing systems; warehousing; mobile computing; field buses; production engineering computing

Other keywords: modular collaborative production approach; on-demand resource allocation; ZigBee; warehousing; industrial Ethernet technologies; wireless communication technologies; enhanced mobile broadband; production IT; extended 5C architecture; process automation; 5G communication technologies; ultra-reliable low latency communication; manufacturing industry; collaborative intelligent manufacturing; WiFi; factory automation; CIM system; human-machine interfaces; field buses; massive machine type communications; logistics; massive machine type communications,

Subjects: Instrumentation buses; Computer communications; Mobile, ubiquitous and pervasive computing; Instrumentation buses and protocols; Local area networks; Industrial applications of IT; Manufacturing systems; Mobile radio systems; Production engineering computing

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