Industry Trends

• With the accelerated implementation of new infrastructure represented by 5G and industrial Internet, industrial wireless networks around the world grow at an annual rate of 30%, and the awareness of major enterprises for the "5G+industrial Internet" has increased rapidly. The "low latency, high reliability and high bandwidth" features of 5G are closely aligned with the basic requirements of network in the industrial sector.

• Gradual formulation and application of 5G URLLC Standard

  5G URLLC is primarily used in the industry for field-level OT networks oriented to RT (Real Time) and motion-controlled IRT (Isochronous Real Time) scenarios to match network needs with low latency and high reliability.

• Phased and orderly deployment and development of 5G + TSN

  The end-to-end deterministic transmission of 5G network is the key to the landing of industrial Internet. The pace of 5G+TSN technology research and product implementation is being accelerated, and the integration deployment is being orderly promoted in three stages. The first is splicing integration; the second is 5G bearer network integration; and the third is deep integration.

• Integrative development of 5G and MEC

  5G UPF sinks to the edge cloud to align with MEC deployment. Business applications are deployed directly near the base station. Data is pre-processed at the edge of the communication network to avoid the occupation of network resources by invalid data. In the meantime, user data is distributed at a high speed to shorten response time and support low-latency and high-reliability business applications.

• Speed up the exploration of lightweight 5GC applications

  The lightweight 5GC boosts the formation of cost-effective and flexible network solutions. It enables the agile adaptation of the 5G exclusive network to various business scenarios, and overcomes the shortcomings of overweight deployment of the 5G core network equipment system architecture, such as high complexity, high cost, and difficulty in flexible customization.

Business Challenges

• The business system is fragmented and the data is difficult to pool

  Business systems are mostly driven by projects. Data exists in devices, Apps and media to form silos. Therefore data acquisition and aggregation are a common challenge for enterprises.
• A lagging business architecture and a sluggish business development

  The industry is pondering the deep integration of IT/CT/OT and development of an open and scalable architecture to replace obsolete S95 architecture widely used with various deficiencies.
• Difficulty in business modeling and lack of effective support tools

  Industrial software is the product of accumulated industrial know-hows and iterative applications. Most companies still work on customized projects instead of standardization based on platforms.
• Enterprises would like to engage in transformation, which is, however, hampered by a lack of required talents and skills

  The complicated transformation of Industrial Internet requires personnel with multiple skills in manufacturing, IT and innovation. It is unattainable for industrial enterprises to pool such talents.

Solution Scenarios

• Industrial cameras are flexibly deployed in scenarios such as discrete manufacturing lines to meet the requirements of large bandwidth, low latency and high reliability. The 3D vision is used to locate and identify the work pieces, guide the robot to grasp the work pieces, inspect the outline of the work pieces for surface defects, and reconstruct them in three dimensions, so as to eliminate artificial omission of inspection and wrong inspection.

Advantages of the Program

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  Cloud-network integration and abundant resources
  5G+ Industrial Internet ensures thorough network connections across scenarios inside and outside the plants with widely distributed edge nodes and versatile cloud services deployed on site.
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  All-round 5G capability system
  Leading networking mode, SA dominated, NSA/SA hybrid networking, key technical innovations, MEC architecture oriented, self-developed MEC platform, empowering ten major vertical industries, and 200+ 5G joint experimental customers.
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  Security and trustworthiness
  China Telecom's overall 5G + Industrial Internet solution provides all-round guarantee in equipment authentication, privacy data encryption protection, reliability and availability of business operations, and safe start-up, supporting government decision-making and empowering enterprises.
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  Whole-course and fully-meshed operation service capability
  eSurfing Cloud has professional capability to operate industrial Internet platform and boasts a nationwide close service network.

Schema of the Scenario

Applicable scenarios

Industrial Internet platform is a 3-layer architecture, with layer 1 for data collection, layer 2 for transmitting data to the cloud and layer 3 for processing data, to attain various functions.

Architecture superiority

Connection Layer

5G IoT can pool vast smart terminals on the client-side and provide proprietary smart gateway middleware, decoupling software and hardware on the industrial edge to create an edge ecosystem.

Platform Layer

Provide services ranging from data acquisition, modeling and analysis, to underlying connectivity, protocol analysis, edge computing, status monitoring, industrial big data, and data exchange.

Application Layer

Construct industrial Internet ecosystem to provide diversified services in industrial applications, microservice markets and users’ personalized needs, etc. on the stage of the application ecology.