Nokia and Telia conduct Industry 4.0 trial in Finland leveraging low-latency and high-bandwidth of 5G technology
April 12 2018 - 7:01AM
Press Release
- First 'real-world' industrial applications of 5G for
manufacturing trialed at the Nokia Conscious Factory in Oulu,
Finland
- Trial leverages ultra-low latency and high-bandwidth
capabilities of 5G with machine-learning to enhance production in
manufacturing environment
- 5G trial network uses Nokia AirScale, AirFrame and Multi-access
Edge Computing together with Intel® 5G Mobile Trial Platform and
Finwe video analytics application
12 April 2018
Espoo, Finland - Nokia, Finnish operator Telia and Intel have
successfully conducted an industrial trial leveraging the ultra-low
latency, high-bandwidth capabilities of 5G to support time-critical
applications and enhance production and efficiency in a
manufacturing environment.
5G allows operators and businesses to connect assets and take
advantage of new flexibilities and capabilities such as machine
learning, artificial intelligence and widespread automation to
efficiently transform operations.
The trial, which took place at the end of March, represents one
of the first real-world applications of 'Industry 4.0', the
industrial trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing
technologies. Nokia and Telia worked with Intel and Finnish
software startup Finwe at the Nokia base station Conscious Factory*
in Oulu using a trial 5G radio access network operating in the 28
GHz frequency band.
Nokia deployed the network, leveraging its 5G AirScale and
Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) platforms. In this scenario, the
Nokia AirFrame data center solution, equipped with Intel® Xeon®
Scalable processors, delivered network edge and core cloud
flexibilities and capabilities, which provide support for myriad
applications in the 5G environment. The trial also utilized the
Intel® 5G Mobile Trial Platform as the end-user device as well as
an integrated video analytics application from Finwe.
The use of Multi-access Edge Computing together with 5G allows
data to be processed close to where it's needed, dramatically
reducing latency. The Finwe video application was used to monitor
and analyze a video feed of a process on one assembly line. The
application leveraged machine learning to immediately alert the
assembly line operator of any inconsistencies in the process so
they could be corrected in real-time, ensuring high-performance,
reliability and quality.
In a second trial, Nokia and Telia demonstrated the ability of
the technology to enable Telia to offer cloud remote service
delivery for business customers. This trial used the Nokia AirFrame
data center solution, Nokia's Multi-access Edge Computing platform
and Finwe's video analytics application at Telia's centralized data
center in Helsinki, approximately 600 km from the Nokia Conscious
Factory in Oulu.
Nokia will continue to use its Multi-access Edge Computing
platform together with the Finwe video analytics application in the
Oulu conscious factory over a 4G LTE network. The ability to
upgrade the Nokia AirScale platform to 5G via software provides an
evolutionary path for industries to expand automation across their
business. The 28 GHz frequency band and Massive MIMO antennas
deliver the low latency and bandwidth to enable high performance
industrial applications.
Janne Koistinen, director of 5G Program at Telia Finland
said: "Under our '5G Finland' initiative we are working with
companies such as Nokia to accelerate the fourth industrial
revolution in the country. In this trial we could show how we can
extend our service offering to new industry customers to enable
efficiencies that will advance their production capabilities."
Caroline Chan, vice president and general manager, 5G
Infrastructure Division, Network Platforms Group, Intel said:
"Utilizing the Intel Xeon Scalable Processor family and the Intel
Mobile Trial Platform allows operators around the globe to provide
the computing, connectivity, and analytics to launch new 5G
services. We continue to work with Nokia to deliver the
infrastructure needed to pave the way to broad market adoption of
open, software defined networks for 5G."
Marc Rouanne, president of Mobile Networks at Nokia,
said: "Nokia's 5G capabilities allow operators such as Telia to
leverage machine learning and automation by opening up network data
and intelligence. As we continue to deliver machine learning
capabilities in Nokia's ReefShark chipsets and develop advanced
algorithms we will further enhance our radio performance, allowing
customers to take advantage of new business opportunities in the 5G
and IoT world."
*To address Industry 4.0, Nokia has applied a 'Conscious Supply
Network' concept at its factories leveraging digitalization,
analytics, and robotics across the overall supply chain.
About the solution
- Nokia AirScale platform operating in the 28 GHz frequency
band
- Nokia Multi-access Edge Computing platform
- Nokia AirFrame data center solution
- Finwe video analytics application
- Intel® 5G Mobile Trial Platform as the end-user device
Resources
- Video: Nokia and Telia leverage 5G performance for Industry
4.0
- Infographic: Advanced quality assurance with 5G enabled video
analytics
- Web Page: Nokia 5G Industry
- Web Page: 5G Future X: Unleashing the potential of 5G
- Web Page: Making 5G a commercial reality
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