Schneider Electric, a leader in Digital Transformation, energy management and automation, and Orange, a global telecoms operator and leader in digital services, announced the first deployment of indoor 5G in the industrial sector in France on experimental frequencies as part of a trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Operating since March, this first co-innovation project in the Le Vaudreuil factory aims to use 5G in a modern industrial environment to build reliable, scalable and sustainable connectivity solutions for future industrial needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to its low latency, very high throughput and \u2013 over time \u2013 network slicing, 5G will be a competitive lever for companies, as it will bring noticeable improvement in industrial processes and working methods, especially through mixed reality (augmented and virtual). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Industrial sector, 5G will help synchronise in real time large amounts of data, which are key to boost performance, facilitate remote working and ensure optimal production efficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The indoor 5G-enabled trials will support two use cases: augmented reality applied to maintenance technician activities and the implementation of a telepresence robot for remote visits. Nokia radio AirScale and core equipment has been selected and the experimental frequencies have been allocated by the French regulatory authority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five indoor 5G antennas were installed inside a part of the factory, covering close to 2,000\u00a0m2<\/sup> of production space with download speeds beyond 1 Gbps, on an experimental network architecture allowing local data processing with Edge Computing technologies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n