This white paper provides an overview of how industrial 5G supports the implementation of Industry 4.0 concepts. One important aspect is integrating 5G into Industry 4.0 by defining 5G Asset Administration Shell (AAS).
The concept of Asset Administration Shells is becoming a key building block for the factory of the future. These are about to be standardized within the scope of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and a new organization called “Industrial Digital Twin Association” is being established by ZVEI and VDMA to drive the implementation of AAS and its commercial success. Integrating a 5G system into the factory of the future requires a suitable description of the 5G system based on AAS principles. In this paper, various aspects are discussed and a model proposed for a structured description of the overall 5G network and the 5G UE (user equipment).
This paper also formulates tentative definitions of submodels and parameters/properties based on the currently valid 5G definitions of 3GPP.
It provides an initial list of properties, parameters and information of the 5G AAS sub models. It lists the most important information required to describe a 5G network and the 5G UE (User Equipment) for all phases of the life cycle of an industry. Additional interfaces are proposed between the 3GPP 5G system and the AAS repositories.
5G UE AAS and 5G Network AAS has interfaces to the 5G network and 5G UE and consists of a passive part, an active part, and a message interface that supports Industry 4.0-compliant communication with I4.0 components.
This white paper provides an overview of how industrial 5G supports Industry 4.0 principles with highly flexible and secure communication links across a factory hall or entire manufacturing facility.
A prerequisite is integrating 5G into Industry 4.0 by defining 5G Asset Administration Shell (AAS). Different aspects are discussed and a model proposed for creating structured descriptions of an entire 5G network, including 5G UEs. It is suggested that the dialog initiated with the expert groups of Plattform Industrie 4.0 be continued in order to work out the details of an AAS model for a 5G system. Several meetings with experts of the Models and Standards working group of ZVEI have identified topics in need of further clarification. Additional analysis is required of bootstrapping (i.e. onboarding), responses to dynamic changes to the 5G infrastructure, and functions that are performed over the lifecycle. More valuable findings are expected as outputs of the work items on the OPC UA integration with 5G and elaboration of new service level agreements for 5G for Industry 4.0.
A new extension of the AAS, called “active AAS”, is also currently being discussed within the scope of the Industry 4.0 standardization activities. This active AAS would support and perform self-optimization of the overall factory network and processes, e. g. dynamic QoS negotiations. It would also include wireless connections and may require greater interaction of the factory and 5G networks. One of the goals in connection with Industry 4.0 is to unify the control and management of production systems, and a 5G system may become an integral part of this, being managed and controlled by factory network management systems.
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