NFV-Enabled Experimental Platform for 5G Tactile Internet Support in Industrial Environments

As industries are under pressure for shorter business and product life cycles, there is an extensive effort from the research community for novel and profitable automation processes. This effort has given rise to the fifth-generation (5G) Tactile Internet, which is characterized by extremely low lat...

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Autores: Mekikis P.-V., Ramantas, K, Kartsakli, E, Serra, J, Pubill, D
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
Repositorio:r-CTTC. Repositorio Institucional Producción Científica del Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC)
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:5G mobile communication
Computer architecture
Semiotics
Cloud computing
Industries
Quality of service
Fifth-generation (5G) networks
industrial automation
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
network function virtualization (NFV)
software-defined networking
Tactile Internet
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Sumario:As industries are under pressure for shorter business and product life cycles, there is an extensive effort from the research community for novel and profitable automation processes. This effort has given rise to the fifth-generation (5G) Tactile Internet, which is characterized by extremely low latency communication in combination with high availability, reliability, and security. In this paper, we discuss the key technologies to support the Tactile Internet characteristics in industrial environments and then showcase the implementation of a novel 5G network function virtualization enabled experimental platform. Given that ultra-reliable low-latency communication is crucial for the manufacturing process, we demonstrate that, in our setup, submillisecond end-to-end communication is attainable, proving the suitability of our platform for Tactile Internet industrial applications.