Industrial 5G
Posted 19 Jul 2019
“Industrial 5G, promoted by Digital Catapult, is the conceptual framework, architectures, principles and best practices that will guide 5G deployment and integration into key vertical industrial processes and systems. As this concept evolves, the UK has a unique opportunity to take a crucial global leadership role in this space, while driving the early adoption of 5G into key industrial sectors of the UK economy.” – Dritan Kaleshi, Head of Technology – 5G
“Industrial 5G” is a term set out by Digital Catapult to capture the conceptual framework, architectures, principles and best practices guiding 5G deployment and integration with specific vertical industrial processes and systems.
This “Industrial 5G” framework will provide a common framework to inform vertical industrial sectors such as manufacturing and logistics, as well as the telecommunications sector. This will provide effective guidance on:
- How to deploy 5G in industrial environments.
- How to exploit 5G characteristics towards an integrated advanced digital infrastructure fit for digitalised processes in industries.
- How to achieve interoperability and coherence within and between 5G systems; with legacy systems integrated within the 5G service architecture or operating on top of it; and across regulatory domains.
- How to ensure the provision of a standardised, scalable, high-performing advanced digital infrastructure that can be adapted to many industrial applications.
Industrial 5G Testbeds and Trials Competition
Digital Catapult is also a delivery partner for the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s 5G Testbeds and Trials programme and helped to support them in the design of the recently launched the Industrial 5G Testbeds and Trials competition. This competition has been set up to accelerate and scale the digitalisation of industrial activities through 5G adoption.
More information about the Industrial 5G Testbeds and Trials Competition including guidance and key dates for applications can be found here.
Digital Catapult has published “Industrial 5G: A global opportunity for the UK to accelerate adoption of 5G into an industrial setting” to provide further detail.