Critical Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity is an emerging concept in IoT development that enables more efficient and innovative services across a wide range of industries by reliably meeting time-critical communication needs. Mobile network operators (MNOs) are in the perfect position to enable these types of time-critical services due to their ability to leverage advanced 5G networks in a systematic and cost-effective way.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explores the benefits of Critical IoT connectivity in areas such as industrial control, mobility automation, remote control and real-time media. It also provides an overview of key network technologies and architectures. It concludes with several case studies based on two deployment scenarios – wide area and local area – that illustrate how well suited 5G spectrum assets are for Critical IoT use cases.
Ericsson Technology Review: Key technology choices for optimal massive IoT de...Ericsson
The massive IoT device domain faces two key challenges: cost-efficiently connecting a large number of devices in a wide area, and efficiently managing these devices over their complete life cycle. Further, since security and trust are key requirements in most massive IoT applications, it is important to ensure that the devices are secure, both in terms of communication and data integrity end-to-end (E2E), from device to data usage.
The latest Ericsson Technology Review article explores how to address these challenges in five key technology areas – connectivity, communication protocols, security, identity solutions and machine intelligence (MI). Carefully considered choices in these areas make it possible to achieve the desired key device characteristics and create IoT devices that support the multitude of existing and emerging massive IoT use cases.
Ericsson Technology Review: Boosting smart manufacturing with 5G wireless con...Ericsson
5G wireless connectivity is designed to enable the fully-connected factories of the future. Creating the necessary transparency across all processes and assets at all times requires robust communication between goods, production systems, logistics chains, people and processes throughout a product’s complete life cycle, spanning everything from design, ordering, manufacturing, delivery and field maintenance to recycling and reuse. The integration of 5G ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) in the manufacturing process will accelerate the transformation of the manufacturing industry and make smart factories more efficient and productive than ever.
Ericsson Technology Review - Issue 1, 2019Ericsson
Our participation at MWC in Barcelona this year revealed that a steadily growing number of mobile network operators and representatives from various industries are keen to explore the myriad of new opportunities that 5G represents for their businesses. In particular, we found that many are curious to learn more about the role of 5G in Industry 4.0 and other industry transformations, where it enables manufacturing companies leverage automation and data exchange technologies that require seamless communication across industrial processes.
Fittingly, the feature article in this issue of the magazine explains how 5G can be used most effectively in the fully-connected factories of the future. We also have excellent articles about the role of distributed cloud in supporting emerging industrial use cases, the necessity of business support systems that can handle IoT use cases, and important technology choices to consider in the design of massive IoT devices. Last but not least, we have included two articles that provide expert guidance regarding two key aspects of 5G deployment.
Feel free to share links to the magazine and/or individual articles with your colleagues and other contacts via e-mail or social media. Happy reading!
Ericsson Technology Review: The future of cloud computing: Highly distributed...Ericsson
The growing interest in cloud computing scenarios that incorporate both distributed computing capabilities and heterogeneous hardware presents a significant opportunity for network operators. With a vast distributed system (the telco network) already in place, the telecom industry has a significant advantage in the transition toward distributed cloud computing.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explores the future of cloud computing from the perspective of network operators, examining how they can best manage the complexity of future cloud deployments and overcome the technical challenges. Redefining cloud to expose and optimize the use of heterogeneous resources is not straightforward, but we are confident that our use cases and proof points validate our approach and will gain traction both in the telecommunications community and beyond.
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL REALITIES
The key role that connectivity plays in our personal and professional lives has never been more obvious than it is today. Thankfully, despite the sudden, dramatic changes in our behavior earlier this year, networks all around the world have proven to be highly resilient. At Ericsson, we’re committed to ensuring that the network platform continues to improve its ability to meet the full range of societal needs as well as supporting enterprises to stay competitive in the long term. We know that greater agility and speed will be essential.
This issue of our magazine includes several articles that explain Ericsson’s approach to future network development, including my annual technology trends article. The seven trends on this year’s list serve as a critical cornerstone in the development of a common Ericsson vision of what future networks will provide, and what sort of technology evolution will be required to get there.
ERIK EKUDDEN
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Group Function Technology
Ericsson Technology Review: 5G BSS: Evolving BSS to fit the 5G economyEricsson
The 5G network evolution has opened up an abundance of new business opportunities for communication service providers (CSPs) in verticals such as industrial automation, security, health care and automotive. In order to successfully capitalize on them, CSPs must have business support systems (BSS) that are evolved to manage complex value chains and support new business models. Optimized information models and a high degree of automation are required to handle huge numbers of devices through open interfaces.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explains how 5G-evolved BSS can help CSPs transform themselves from traditional network developers to service enablers for 5G and the Internet of Things, and ultimately to service creators with the ability to collaborate beyond telecoms and establish lucrative digital value systems.
Mobile data traffic volumes are expected to increase by a factor of four by 2025, and 45 percent of that traffic will be carried by 5G networks. To deliver on customer expectations in this rapidly changing environment, communication service providers must overcome challenges in three key areas: building sufficient capacity, resolving operational inefficiencies through automation and artificial intelligence, and improving service differentiation. This issue of ETR magazine provides insights about how to tackle all three.
5G New Radio has already evolved in important ways since the 3GPP standardized Release 15 in late 2018. The significant enhancements in Releases 16 and 17 are certain to play a critical role in expanding both the availability and the applicability of 5G NR in both industry and public services in the near future.
This Ericsson Technology Review article summarizes the most notable new developments in releases 16 and 17, grouped into two categories: enhancements to existing features and features that address new verticals and deployment scenarios. This analysis and our insights about the future beyond Release 17 is an important component of our work to help mobile network operators and other stakeholders better understand and plan for the many new 5G NR opportunities that are on the horizon.
Ericsson Technology Review: Key technology choices for optimal massive IoT de...Ericsson
The massive IoT device domain faces two key challenges: cost-efficiently connecting a large number of devices in a wide area, and efficiently managing these devices over their complete life cycle. Further, since security and trust are key requirements in most massive IoT applications, it is important to ensure that the devices are secure, both in terms of communication and data integrity end-to-end (E2E), from device to data usage.
The latest Ericsson Technology Review article explores how to address these challenges in five key technology areas – connectivity, communication protocols, security, identity solutions and machine intelligence (MI). Carefully considered choices in these areas make it possible to achieve the desired key device characteristics and create IoT devices that support the multitude of existing and emerging massive IoT use cases.
Ericsson Technology Review: Boosting smart manufacturing with 5G wireless con...Ericsson
5G wireless connectivity is designed to enable the fully-connected factories of the future. Creating the necessary transparency across all processes and assets at all times requires robust communication between goods, production systems, logistics chains, people and processes throughout a product’s complete life cycle, spanning everything from design, ordering, manufacturing, delivery and field maintenance to recycling and reuse. The integration of 5G ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) in the manufacturing process will accelerate the transformation of the manufacturing industry and make smart factories more efficient and productive than ever.
Ericsson Technology Review - Issue 1, 2019Ericsson
Our participation at MWC in Barcelona this year revealed that a steadily growing number of mobile network operators and representatives from various industries are keen to explore the myriad of new opportunities that 5G represents for their businesses. In particular, we found that many are curious to learn more about the role of 5G in Industry 4.0 and other industry transformations, where it enables manufacturing companies leverage automation and data exchange technologies that require seamless communication across industrial processes.
Fittingly, the feature article in this issue of the magazine explains how 5G can be used most effectively in the fully-connected factories of the future. We also have excellent articles about the role of distributed cloud in supporting emerging industrial use cases, the necessity of business support systems that can handle IoT use cases, and important technology choices to consider in the design of massive IoT devices. Last but not least, we have included two articles that provide expert guidance regarding two key aspects of 5G deployment.
Feel free to share links to the magazine and/or individual articles with your colleagues and other contacts via e-mail or social media. Happy reading!
Ericsson Technology Review: The future of cloud computing: Highly distributed...Ericsson
The growing interest in cloud computing scenarios that incorporate both distributed computing capabilities and heterogeneous hardware presents a significant opportunity for network operators. With a vast distributed system (the telco network) already in place, the telecom industry has a significant advantage in the transition toward distributed cloud computing.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explores the future of cloud computing from the perspective of network operators, examining how they can best manage the complexity of future cloud deployments and overcome the technical challenges. Redefining cloud to expose and optimize the use of heterogeneous resources is not straightforward, but we are confident that our use cases and proof points validate our approach and will gain traction both in the telecommunications community and beyond.
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL REALITIES
The key role that connectivity plays in our personal and professional lives has never been more obvious than it is today. Thankfully, despite the sudden, dramatic changes in our behavior earlier this year, networks all around the world have proven to be highly resilient. At Ericsson, we’re committed to ensuring that the network platform continues to improve its ability to meet the full range of societal needs as well as supporting enterprises to stay competitive in the long term. We know that greater agility and speed will be essential.
This issue of our magazine includes several articles that explain Ericsson’s approach to future network development, including my annual technology trends article. The seven trends on this year’s list serve as a critical cornerstone in the development of a common Ericsson vision of what future networks will provide, and what sort of technology evolution will be required to get there.
ERIK EKUDDEN
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Group Function Technology
Ericsson Technology Review: 5G BSS: Evolving BSS to fit the 5G economyEricsson
The 5G network evolution has opened up an abundance of new business opportunities for communication service providers (CSPs) in verticals such as industrial automation, security, health care and automotive. In order to successfully capitalize on them, CSPs must have business support systems (BSS) that are evolved to manage complex value chains and support new business models. Optimized information models and a high degree of automation are required to handle huge numbers of devices through open interfaces.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explains how 5G-evolved BSS can help CSPs transform themselves from traditional network developers to service enablers for 5G and the Internet of Things, and ultimately to service creators with the ability to collaborate beyond telecoms and establish lucrative digital value systems.
Mobile data traffic volumes are expected to increase by a factor of four by 2025, and 45 percent of that traffic will be carried by 5G networks. To deliver on customer expectations in this rapidly changing environment, communication service providers must overcome challenges in three key areas: building sufficient capacity, resolving operational inefficiencies through automation and artificial intelligence, and improving service differentiation. This issue of ETR magazine provides insights about how to tackle all three.
5G New Radio has already evolved in important ways since the 3GPP standardized Release 15 in late 2018. The significant enhancements in Releases 16 and 17 are certain to play a critical role in expanding both the availability and the applicability of 5G NR in both industry and public services in the near future.
This Ericsson Technology Review article summarizes the most notable new developments in releases 16 and 17, grouped into two categories: enhancements to existing features and features that address new verticals and deployment scenarios. This analysis and our insights about the future beyond Release 17 is an important component of our work to help mobile network operators and other stakeholders better understand and plan for the many new 5G NR opportunities that are on the horizon.
Ericsson Technology Review: Industrial automation enabled by robotics, machin...Ericsson
The emergent "fourth industrial revolution" will have a profound impact on both industry and society in the years ahead. Robotics, machine intelligence and 5G networks in particular will play major roles in this revolution by enabling ever higher levels of automation for production processes.
Ericsson Technology Review: Digital connectivity marketplaces to enrich 5G an...Ericsson
One of the key growth opportunities for the telecom industry is to provide network capabilities that support the digital transformation underway in most businesses and industries. Already today, we have a powerful technology foundation in place, and this will become even stronger with 5G. Now is the ideal time to evolve the business side of the equation toward platform business models, which will enable the telecom industry to prosper in multisided business ecosystems as well.
The rise of the innovation platform
Society and industry are transforming at an unprecedented rate. At the same time, the network platform is emerging as an innovation platform with the potential to offer all the connectivity, processing, storage and security needed by current and future applications. In my 2019 trends article, featured in this issue of Ericsson Technology Review, I share my view of the future network platform in relation to six key technology trends.
This issue of the magazine also addresses critical topics such as trust enablement, the extension of computing resources all the way to the edge of the mobile network, the growing impact of the cloud in the telco domain, overcoming latency and battery consumption challenges, and the need for end-to-end connectivity. I hope it provides you with valuable insights about how to overcome the challenges ahead and take full advantage of new opportunities.
Ericsson Technology Review: Technology trends 2018 - Five technology trends a...Ericsson
Ericsson CTO Erik Ekudden presents the five technology trends driving the creation of a future network platform that can deliver truly intuitive interaction between humans and machines.
Ericsson Technology Review: Service exposure: a critical capability in a 5G w...Ericsson
To meet the requirements of use cases in areas such as the Internet of Things, AR/VR, Industry 4.0 and the automotive sector, operators need to be able to provide computing resources across the whole telco domain – all the way to the edge of the mobile network. Service exposure and APIs will play a key role in creating solutions that are both effective and cost efficient.
The latest Ericsson Technology Review article explores recent advances in the service exposure area that have resulted from the move toward 5G and the adoption of cloud-native principles, as well as the combination of Service-based Architecture, microservices and container technologies. It includes examples that illustrate how service exposure can be deployed in a multitude of locations, each with a different set of requirements that drive modularity and configurability needs.
Evolving cellular IoT for industry digitalizationEricsson
Ericsson lays out its vision for the evolution of cellular IoT and launches new offerings - enabling service providers to tap growth opportunities from industry digitalization.
Ericsson Technology Review - Issue 1, 2018Ericsson
We are publishing this magazine shortly after the first release of a completely new standard – 5G – from 3GPP. Fittingly, many of the articles in this issue relate to what we think is most important in 5G and how to address the new opportunities that it entails.
One of the key reasons for the flexibility provided in 5G is the desire to support industries to use connectivity, virtualization, machine intelligence and other technologies to change their processes and business models as part of the next industrial revolution, Industry 4.0. It is therefore a pleasure to be able to include an article that we have co-written with Comau and the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies on the topic of industrial automation.
I hope you find the contents of this issue of the magazine as intriguing as I do. Please feel free to share links to the magazine and/or individual articles via e-mail or social media.
Ericsson Technology Review - Issue 2, 2018Ericsson
Technology development keeps getting faster and more interconnected, with new innovations appearing every day. As a result, we’re swiftly moving toward the realization of the “Augmented Connected Society” – a world characterized by ubiquitous internet access for all, self-learning robots and truly intuitive interaction between humans and machines. But how can our industry best prepare for this future?
In my role as CTO, I have the challenging and exhilarating annual task of identifying the five technology trends of the future that are (or will be) most relevant to our industry. You can find my insights and reflections in the Technology Trends article included in this issue of the magazine.
It is my hope that the Technology Trends article, together with the other five articles in this issue, will generate a variety of stimulating future-focused discussions in your workplace. Please feel free to share links to the magazine and/or individual articles with your colleagues and other contacts via e-mail or social media.
Ericsson Technology Review, issue #1, 2016Ericsson
Every morning, I get out of bed and go to work because I believe technology makes a difference. I believe that in the midst of global growth, numerous humanitarian crises, the increasing need for better resource management, and an evolving threat landscape, a new world is emerging. And I believe technology is playing a key role in making that world a better, safer, and healthier place for more people to enjoy. It feels good to be part of that.
Fundamentally, I believe the breakdown of traditional industry boundaries and increased cross-industry collaboration have enabled us to maximize the benefits of technology. Today, Ericsson works with partners in many different industries that all rely on connectivity embedded into their solutions, services, and products. Our early collaborations, which were with utilities and the automotive industry, have led to innovations like the Connected Vehicle Cloud and Smart Metering as a Service.
I am delighted that Harald Ludanek, Head of R&D at Scania (a leading manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses, coaches, and industrial and marine engines) agreed to contribute to this issue. His article on the significance of ICT – how digitalization and mobility will impact the automotive industry and bring about the intelligent transportation system (ITS) – illustrates the importance of new business relationships, ensuring that different sectors create innovative solutions together, and maximize the value they bring to people and society.
Technology is making it easier for people to protect their homes, families, and belongings. The standardization of antitheft systems in automobiles, for example, has led to a decline in car theft in most parts of the world. However, while technology offers improved security, somehow criminal countermeasures manage to keep up. In an article about end-to-end cryptography, a number of Ericsson experts highlight how car theft is no longer carried out with a slim jim and a screwdriver, but rather with highly sophisticated decryption algorithms, smartphones, and illegal access to software keys.
The protection of data – and the people who own it – as it travels across the network has always been a cornerstone of the telecoms industry. But in today’s world, no single organization can maintain end-to-end control over information as it is carried from source to destination, and so upholding the right to privacy is becoming an increasingly complex issue. And with quantum computing posing a threat to our current security systems, our experts point out that this will render certain existing methods of protection useless. Not only do protocols need a shake up, so does software — so it can work in lightweight mode for constrained or hardware-limited devices.
Ericsson Technology Review: Cognitive technologies in network and business au...Ericsson
Creating the highly automated environment that network operators and digital service providers will need in the near future requires the support of intelligent agents that are able to work collaboratively. At Ericsson, we believe that the most effective way to create such intelligent agents is by combining machine reasoning and machine learning techniques.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explains the role that these two cognitive technologies play in the creation of intelligent agents that have a detailed semantic understanding of the world and their own individual contexts. It also includes two proofs of concept that help demonstrate how the combination of machine reasoning and machine learning techniques makes it possible to create intelligent agents that are able to learn from diverse inputs, and share or transfer experience between contexts.
Enable Critical broadband networks - When business performance, and even lives are at stake, you need technology that you can rely on. Around the world and across industries, there is a growing demand for business critical and mission-critical broadband communications. To serve these types of organizations, service providers need to deliver the highest level of availability, reliability and security . That is why we have launched a new Critical Broadband Networks offering, which enables service providers and government operators to ensure critical communications when it really matters.
The offering consists of:
Critical network capabilities: Guaranteeing performance of a business- or mission-critical network and enabling operators to effectively serve critical industries.
Critical broadband applications: Includes Ericsson’s Group-Radio application suite of Mission-Critical Push-to-Talk, Data and Video services. Combined, these provide land mobile radio users with a migration path to LTE and 5G, whilst retaining existing operational capabilities for mission-critical group communications.
Flexible deployments for private networks: deployment models for both local private networks as well as for nationwide networks, leveraging operators’ existing assets and operations to gain business scale, and faster time-to-market.
The telecom companies took many initiatives and make many operational changes to improve customer experience and generate revenue consistently. The telecom companies will continue to lunch new projects, experiment with new business models, and improve network experience to stay profitable in the post-pandemic world.
The disruptive technologies will make many existing telecom industry trends obsolete and create many new telecom industry trends. The telecom companies have to invest resources and address challenges to adopt some of the emerging industry trends in 2021. We can prepare a list of telecom industry trends for 2021 based on the information and data collected from diverse online sources.
https://bit.ly/2NNtpQR
Ericsson Technology Review: Flexibility in 5G transport networks: the key to ...Ericsson
http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/our_publications/ericsson_technology_review
The more people have been able to achieve while on the move, the more dependent society has become on mobile broadband networks. As applications like self-driving vehicles and remotely operated machinery evolve, become more innovative, and more widespread, the level of performance that 5G networks need to deliver will inevitably rise. Keeping pace with ever-increasing demand calls for greater flexibility in all parts of the network, which in turn requires tight integration between 5G radio, transport networks, and cloud infrastructures.
There has been no shortage of edge computing activities during 2017, in both the telco and web-scale
domains. Several Tier One communication service providers (CSPs), including AT&T, China Mobile, and
Deutsche Telecom (DT), have announced that edge computing will be a key component of their future
network strategies and expect that several new use cases will be powered by edge servers. In the cloud
domain, Amazon, Facebook, and Google are pushing further toward the edge of their own networks, creating
more points of presence throughout the world. Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods in the United States
could also be interpreted as a first attempt to obtain real estate across the U.S. market that can be used
for Amazon’s edge servers. In fact, all major web-scale companies—Amazon, Google, and Microsoft—have
announced edge computing services that are driven by IoT use cases.
Future of Networking (5G) and The Impact on Smart Manufacturing and I.R 5.0Fabian Morais
As part of a team of four members, I carried out and assisted team mates in this research project that was given to us by DXC technology malaysia which was aim to investigate the impact of 5G on smart manufacturing and I.R 5.0. As part of this project the team completed the background research on 5G, What are the Challenges faced by Countries investing in 5G and How 5G can impact Smart Manufacturing.
Ericsson Technology Review: Industrial automation enabled by robotics, machin...Ericsson
The emergent "fourth industrial revolution" will have a profound impact on both industry and society in the years ahead. Robotics, machine intelligence and 5G networks in particular will play major roles in this revolution by enabling ever higher levels of automation for production processes.
Ericsson Technology Review: Digital connectivity marketplaces to enrich 5G an...Ericsson
One of the key growth opportunities for the telecom industry is to provide network capabilities that support the digital transformation underway in most businesses and industries. Already today, we have a powerful technology foundation in place, and this will become even stronger with 5G. Now is the ideal time to evolve the business side of the equation toward platform business models, which will enable the telecom industry to prosper in multisided business ecosystems as well.
The rise of the innovation platform
Society and industry are transforming at an unprecedented rate. At the same time, the network platform is emerging as an innovation platform with the potential to offer all the connectivity, processing, storage and security needed by current and future applications. In my 2019 trends article, featured in this issue of Ericsson Technology Review, I share my view of the future network platform in relation to six key technology trends.
This issue of the magazine also addresses critical topics such as trust enablement, the extension of computing resources all the way to the edge of the mobile network, the growing impact of the cloud in the telco domain, overcoming latency and battery consumption challenges, and the need for end-to-end connectivity. I hope it provides you with valuable insights about how to overcome the challenges ahead and take full advantage of new opportunities.
Ericsson Technology Review: Technology trends 2018 - Five technology trends a...Ericsson
Ericsson CTO Erik Ekudden presents the five technology trends driving the creation of a future network platform that can deliver truly intuitive interaction between humans and machines.
Ericsson Technology Review: Service exposure: a critical capability in a 5G w...Ericsson
To meet the requirements of use cases in areas such as the Internet of Things, AR/VR, Industry 4.0 and the automotive sector, operators need to be able to provide computing resources across the whole telco domain – all the way to the edge of the mobile network. Service exposure and APIs will play a key role in creating solutions that are both effective and cost efficient.
The latest Ericsson Technology Review article explores recent advances in the service exposure area that have resulted from the move toward 5G and the adoption of cloud-native principles, as well as the combination of Service-based Architecture, microservices and container technologies. It includes examples that illustrate how service exposure can be deployed in a multitude of locations, each with a different set of requirements that drive modularity and configurability needs.
Evolving cellular IoT for industry digitalizationEricsson
Ericsson lays out its vision for the evolution of cellular IoT and launches new offerings - enabling service providers to tap growth opportunities from industry digitalization.
Ericsson Technology Review - Issue 1, 2018Ericsson
We are publishing this magazine shortly after the first release of a completely new standard – 5G – from 3GPP. Fittingly, many of the articles in this issue relate to what we think is most important in 5G and how to address the new opportunities that it entails.
One of the key reasons for the flexibility provided in 5G is the desire to support industries to use connectivity, virtualization, machine intelligence and other technologies to change their processes and business models as part of the next industrial revolution, Industry 4.0. It is therefore a pleasure to be able to include an article that we have co-written with Comau and the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies on the topic of industrial automation.
I hope you find the contents of this issue of the magazine as intriguing as I do. Please feel free to share links to the magazine and/or individual articles via e-mail or social media.
Ericsson Technology Review - Issue 2, 2018Ericsson
Technology development keeps getting faster and more interconnected, with new innovations appearing every day. As a result, we’re swiftly moving toward the realization of the “Augmented Connected Society” – a world characterized by ubiquitous internet access for all, self-learning robots and truly intuitive interaction between humans and machines. But how can our industry best prepare for this future?
In my role as CTO, I have the challenging and exhilarating annual task of identifying the five technology trends of the future that are (or will be) most relevant to our industry. You can find my insights and reflections in the Technology Trends article included in this issue of the magazine.
It is my hope that the Technology Trends article, together with the other five articles in this issue, will generate a variety of stimulating future-focused discussions in your workplace. Please feel free to share links to the magazine and/or individual articles with your colleagues and other contacts via e-mail or social media.
Ericsson Technology Review, issue #1, 2016Ericsson
Every morning, I get out of bed and go to work because I believe technology makes a difference. I believe that in the midst of global growth, numerous humanitarian crises, the increasing need for better resource management, and an evolving threat landscape, a new world is emerging. And I believe technology is playing a key role in making that world a better, safer, and healthier place for more people to enjoy. It feels good to be part of that.
Fundamentally, I believe the breakdown of traditional industry boundaries and increased cross-industry collaboration have enabled us to maximize the benefits of technology. Today, Ericsson works with partners in many different industries that all rely on connectivity embedded into their solutions, services, and products. Our early collaborations, which were with utilities and the automotive industry, have led to innovations like the Connected Vehicle Cloud and Smart Metering as a Service.
I am delighted that Harald Ludanek, Head of R&D at Scania (a leading manufacturer of heavy trucks, buses, coaches, and industrial and marine engines) agreed to contribute to this issue. His article on the significance of ICT – how digitalization and mobility will impact the automotive industry and bring about the intelligent transportation system (ITS) – illustrates the importance of new business relationships, ensuring that different sectors create innovative solutions together, and maximize the value they bring to people and society.
Technology is making it easier for people to protect their homes, families, and belongings. The standardization of antitheft systems in automobiles, for example, has led to a decline in car theft in most parts of the world. However, while technology offers improved security, somehow criminal countermeasures manage to keep up. In an article about end-to-end cryptography, a number of Ericsson experts highlight how car theft is no longer carried out with a slim jim and a screwdriver, but rather with highly sophisticated decryption algorithms, smartphones, and illegal access to software keys.
The protection of data – and the people who own it – as it travels across the network has always been a cornerstone of the telecoms industry. But in today’s world, no single organization can maintain end-to-end control over information as it is carried from source to destination, and so upholding the right to privacy is becoming an increasingly complex issue. And with quantum computing posing a threat to our current security systems, our experts point out that this will render certain existing methods of protection useless. Not only do protocols need a shake up, so does software — so it can work in lightweight mode for constrained or hardware-limited devices.
Ericsson Technology Review: Cognitive technologies in network and business au...Ericsson
Creating the highly automated environment that network operators and digital service providers will need in the near future requires the support of intelligent agents that are able to work collaboratively. At Ericsson, we believe that the most effective way to create such intelligent agents is by combining machine reasoning and machine learning techniques.
This Ericsson Technology Review article explains the role that these two cognitive technologies play in the creation of intelligent agents that have a detailed semantic understanding of the world and their own individual contexts. It also includes two proofs of concept that help demonstrate how the combination of machine reasoning and machine learning techniques makes it possible to create intelligent agents that are able to learn from diverse inputs, and share or transfer experience between contexts.
Enable Critical broadband networks - When business performance, and even lives are at stake, you need technology that you can rely on. Around the world and across industries, there is a growing demand for business critical and mission-critical broadband communications. To serve these types of organizations, service providers need to deliver the highest level of availability, reliability and security . That is why we have launched a new Critical Broadband Networks offering, which enables service providers and government operators to ensure critical communications when it really matters.
The offering consists of:
Critical network capabilities: Guaranteeing performance of a business- or mission-critical network and enabling operators to effectively serve critical industries.
Critical broadband applications: Includes Ericsson’s Group-Radio application suite of Mission-Critical Push-to-Talk, Data and Video services. Combined, these provide land mobile radio users with a migration path to LTE and 5G, whilst retaining existing operational capabilities for mission-critical group communications.
Flexible deployments for private networks: deployment models for both local private networks as well as for nationwide networks, leveraging operators’ existing assets and operations to gain business scale, and faster time-to-market.
The telecom companies took many initiatives and make many operational changes to improve customer experience and generate revenue consistently. The telecom companies will continue to lunch new projects, experiment with new business models, and improve network experience to stay profitable in the post-pandemic world.
The disruptive technologies will make many existing telecom industry trends obsolete and create many new telecom industry trends. The telecom companies have to invest resources and address challenges to adopt some of the emerging industry trends in 2021. We can prepare a list of telecom industry trends for 2021 based on the information and data collected from diverse online sources.
https://bit.ly/2NNtpQR
Ericsson Technology Review: Flexibility in 5G transport networks: the key to ...Ericsson
http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/our_publications/ericsson_technology_review
The more people have been able to achieve while on the move, the more dependent society has become on mobile broadband networks. As applications like self-driving vehicles and remotely operated machinery evolve, become more innovative, and more widespread, the level of performance that 5G networks need to deliver will inevitably rise. Keeping pace with ever-increasing demand calls for greater flexibility in all parts of the network, which in turn requires tight integration between 5G radio, transport networks, and cloud infrastructures.
There has been no shortage of edge computing activities during 2017, in both the telco and web-scale
domains. Several Tier One communication service providers (CSPs), including AT&T, China Mobile, and
Deutsche Telecom (DT), have announced that edge computing will be a key component of their future
network strategies and expect that several new use cases will be powered by edge servers. In the cloud
domain, Amazon, Facebook, and Google are pushing further toward the edge of their own networks, creating
more points of presence throughout the world. Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods in the United States
could also be interpreted as a first attempt to obtain real estate across the U.S. market that can be used
for Amazon’s edge servers. In fact, all major web-scale companies—Amazon, Google, and Microsoft—have
announced edge computing services that are driven by IoT use cases.
Future of Networking (5G) and The Impact on Smart Manufacturing and I.R 5.0Fabian Morais
As part of a team of four members, I carried out and assisted team mates in this research project that was given to us by DXC technology malaysia which was aim to investigate the impact of 5G on smart manufacturing and I.R 5.0. As part of this project the team completed the background research on 5G, What are the Challenges faced by Countries investing in 5G and How 5G can impact Smart Manufacturing.
Niral Networks has been working around this technology with a vision to redefine the future of Enterprise Connectivity by making private 5G as ubiquitous as WIFI for accelerating Enterprise Operational Effectiveness.
Brian Vogelsang (Qualcomm): 5G and the Augmented EnterpriseAugmentedWorldExpo
A talk from the Enterprise Track at AWE USA 2019 - the World's #1 XR Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, California May 29-31, 2019.
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The latest Ericsson Technology Review article explains how the ongoing rollout of 5G provides a cost-efficient and feature-rich foundation for a horizontal multiservice network that can meet the connectivity needs of the automotive and transport ecosystem. It also outlines the key challenges and presents potential solutions.
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There are a huge number of IoT devices, often roaming across countries and continents, that are located outside urban areas.
This poses significant challenges to both the design and connectivity of the device, the biggest concern being that there is no room for error, as troubleshooting and maintenance of remote and roaming devices is complicated and costly.
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A fresh approach to remote IoT Connectivity by Podsystempodsystem1
There are a huge number of IoT devices, often roaming across countries and continents, that are located outside urban areas.
This poses significant challenges to both the design and connectivity of the device, the biggest concern being that there is no room for error, as troubleshooting and maintenance of remote and roaming devices is complicated and costly.
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Sam will address the challenges faced by remote IoT applications developers and discuss ways of overcoming them.
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Ericsson Distributed Cloud goes beyond NFV and Edge Computing. It brings to operators the best of telecom and cloud capabilities, placing the application where it’s needed the most (centrally, distributed or at the edge). It’s an open platform, with end-to-end orchestration, that allows operators to prepare their infrastructure to unlock at least 25% of the business potential of 5G use cases. Visit our page: www.ericsson.com/distributed-cloud
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The Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a fundamental cornerstone in the digitalization of both industry and society as a whole. It represents a huge opportunity not only in economic terms, but also from a global challenges perspective – making it easier for governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to address pressing food, energy, water and climate related issues.
5G and the IoT are closely intertwined. One of the biggest innovations within 5G is support for the IoT in all its forms, both by addressing mission criticality as well as making it possible to connect low-cost, long-battery-life sensors.
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Ericsson Technology Review: Critical IoT connectivity: Ideal for time-critical communications
1. Control to control
in production line
Automated container
transport in port
Cooperative AGVs in
a production line
Remote control with
video/audio
Remote control with
AR overlay
Remote control with
haptic feedback
Machine vision for
intersection safety
Collaborative
mobile robots
Cloud-assisted
basic AR
10s of ms latency
99% reliability
1s of ms latency
99.999% reliability
Time-criticality
Premium experience
cloud-assisted AR Interactive VR
cloud gaming
Cloud-rendered
AR
Media production
Cloud gaming
Cloud motion
control of AGVs
Cooperative maneuvering
of vehicles
Closed-loop
process control
Process
monitoring
Machine vision
for robotics
PLC to robot controller
Smart grid control
Motion control
Industrial control
Open or closed-loop
control of industrial
automation systems
Automated control loops
for mobile vehicles and
robots
Human control of
remote devices
Real, virtual and
combined
environments
Mobility automation
Remote control
Real-time media
Local area
Confined wide area
General wide area
Deployment scenarios
Industries
Time-critical use cases common across multiple industries
Entertainment
Automotive
Transportation
Health care
Education
Media production
Forestry
Public safety
Utilities
Oil & gas
Railways
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Warehousing
Mining
Ports
Construction
CRITICAL IOT
CONNECTIVITY
ERICSSON
TECHNOLOGY
C H A R T I N G T H E F U T U R E O F I N N O V A T I O N | # 0 6 ∙ 2 0 2 0
2. Critical Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity is ideal for a wide range
of time-critical use cases across most industry verticals, and mobile
network operators are uniquely positioned to deliver it.
FREDRIK ALRIKSSON,
LISA BOSTRÖM,
JOACHIM SACHS,
Y.-P. ERIC WANG,
ALI ZAIDI
Cellular Internet of Things (IoT) is driving
transformation across various sectors by
enabling innovative services for consumers
and enterprises. There are currently more
than one billion cellular IoT connections, and
Ericsson forecasts that there will be around
five billion connections by 2025 [1].
■ As 5G deployments gain momentum globally,
enterprises in almost every industry are exploring
the potential of 5G to transform their products,
services and businesses. Since the requirements
for wireless connectivity in different industries
vary, it is useful to group them into four distinct
IoT connectivity segments: Massive IoT,
Broadband IoT, Critical IoT and Industrial
Automation IoT [2].
WhileMassiveIoTandBroadbandIoTalready
existin4Gnetworks,CriticalIoTwillbeintroduced
withmoreadvanced5Gnetworks.Industrial
AutomationIoT,thefourthsegment,includes
capabilitiesontopofCriticalIoTthatenable
integrationofthe5Gsystemwithreal-time
Ethernetandtime-sensitivenetworking(TSN)
usedinwiredindustrialautomationnetworks.
CriticalIoTaddressesthetime-critical
communicationneedsofindividuals,
enterprisesandpublicinstitutions.Itisintended
fortime-criticalapplicationsthatdemanddata
deliverywithinaspecifiedtimedurationwith
requiredguarantee(reliability)levels,suchas
datadeliverywithin50mswith99.9percent
likelihood(reliability).
CriticalIoTisaparadigmshiftfromtheenhanced
mobilebroadband(eMBB)connectivity,wherethe
datarateismaximizedwithoutanyguaranteeon
latency[3].Manyindustrysectorshavealready
startedpilotingtime-criticalusecases.
IDEAL FOR TIME-CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS
CriticalIoT
connectivity
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3. Time-criticalusecases
Themajorityoftime-criticalusecasescanbe
classified into the following four use case families:
❭ Industrial control
❭ Mobility automation
❭ Remote control
❭ Real-time media
Each family is relevant for multiple industries and
includes a wide range of use cases with more or
less stringent time-critical requirements, as shown
in Figure 1.
Furthermore,therearethreemainnetwork
deploymentscenariosdependingonthecoverage
needsoftime-criticalservicesindifferentindustries:
❭ Local area
❭ Confined wide area
❭ General wide area
Local-area deployment includes both indoor
and outdoor coverage for a small geographical
area such as a port, farm, factory, mine or hospital.
Confinedwide-areadeploymentisforapredefined
geographicalarea–alongahighway,between
certain electrical substations, or within a city
center,forexample.Generalwide-areadeployment
is about serving devices virtually anywhere.
Commontoalltime-criticalusecasesisthefact
thatthecommunicationservicerequirements
dependonthedynamicsoftheusecaseandthe
applicationimplementation.Ahighlydynamic
systemrequiresfastercontrolwithshorterround-
triptimes(RTTs),whileaslowercontrolloopis
sufficientforasystemthatoperatesmoreslowly.
Variousfactors–suchasdeviceprocessing
capabilities,theprocessingsplitbetweenthedevice
andtheapplicationserver,theapplication’sabilityto
extrapolateandpredictdataincaseofmissing
Figure 1 Examples of use cases enabled by Critical IoT
Control to control
in production line
Automated container
transport in port
Cooperative AGVs in
a production line
Remote control with
video/audio
Remote control with
AR overlay
Remote control with
haptic feedback
Machine vision for
intersection safety
Collaborative
mobile robots
Cloud-assisted
basic AR
10s of ms latency
99% reliability
1s of ms latency
99.999% reliability
Time-criticality
Premium experience
cloud-assisted AR Interactive VR
cloud gaming
Cloud-rendered
AR
Media production
Cloud gaming
Cloud motion
control of AGVs
Cooperative maneuvering
of vehicles
Closed-loop
process control
Process
monitoring
Machine vision
for robotics
PLC to robot controller
Smart grid control
Motion control
Industrial control
Open or closed-loop
control of industrial
automation systems
Automated control loops
for mobile vehicles and
robots
Human control of
remote devices
Real, virtual and
combined
environments
Mobility automation
Remote control
Real-time media
Local area
Confined wide area
General wide area
Deployment scenarios
Industries
Time-critical use cases common across multiple industries
Entertainment
Automotive
Transportation
Health care
Education
Media production
Forestry
Public safety
Utilities
Oil & gas
Railways
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Warehousing
Mining
Ports
Construction
CRITICAL IOT CONNECTIVITY ✱
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4. Time-critical use case trials
In partnership with leading industry partners and mobile network operators, Ericsson has trialed various
Critical IoT use cases including:
❭ Industrial control for manufacturing vehicles: https://www.ericsson.com/en/networks/cases/accelerate-
factory-automation-with-5g-urllc
❭ Industrial control for manufacturing jet engines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZWC_ttighM
❭ Remote control in mining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4l0UKZ-FCc&t=7s
❭ Remote control of autonomous trucks: https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2018/11/ericsson-
einride-and-telia-power-sustainable-self-driving-trucks-with-5g
❭ Remote bus driving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPyzGTD5FtM
❭ Cooperative vehicle maneuvers: https://5gcar.eu/
❭ Virtual reality and real-time media: https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2017/5/its-all-green-flags-for-5g-at-
the-indianapolis-motor-speedway
❭ Augmented reality: https://www.ericsson.com/en/news/2018/3/5g-augmented-reality
❭ Smart harbor: https://www.ericsson.com/en/press-releases/2019/2/ericsson-and-china-unicom-announce-
5g-smart-harbor-at-the-port-of-qingdao
packets,rateadaptivityandwhichcodecsareused
–impactboththeapplicationRTTandthelatency
requirementsonthecommunicationnetwork.
Industrialcontrolincludesaverybroadsetof
applications,presentinmostindustryverticals[4].
Theseapplicationstypicallyconsiderlatemessages
aslost.Processmonitoring,controller-to-controller
communicationbetweenproductioncellsandsome
controlfunctionsfortheelectricitygridareexamples
ofusecaseswithmodesttime-criticality,whileuse
casessuchasclosed-loopprocesscontroland
motioncontrolhaveverystringentrequirements.
Mobilityautomationreferstotheautomationof
controlloopsformobilevehiclesandrobots.
Examplesoftheleasttime-criticalusecasesinthis
categoryincludetherelativelyself-sufficient
automatedguidedvehicles(AGVs)equippedwith
advancedon-boardsensorsthatareusedfor
transportationinportsandmines.Infrastructure-
assistedvehiclessuchasfast-movingAGVs
inawarehouseandcollaborativemaneuveringon
publicroadsareexamplesofmoretime-critical
mobilityautomationusecases,whilethe
collaborativemobilerobotsusedinflexible
productioncellsrepresentanevenhigherdegree
oftime-criticality.
Remotecontrolreferstotheremotecontrol
ofequipmentbyhumans.Theabilitytoremotely
controlequipmentisanimportantstepinthe
evolutiontowardautonomousvehicles(totake
temporarycontrolofadriverlessbusinscenarios
notcoveredbyitsownautomationfunctions)
andforflyingdronesbeyondvisualline-of-sight.
Remotecontrolcanalsoimprovework
environmentsandproductivitybymovinghumans
outofinconvenientorhazardousenvironments
–remote-controlledminingequipment[5]
isoneexample.Suchsolutionsalsoofferthe
benefitofprovidingenterpriseswithaccess
toabroaderworkforce.
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8. 5Gspectrumflexibility
5G NR allows MNOs to take full advantage
of all available spectrum assets. NR can be
deployed using the spectrum assets used for
the LTE networks, either through refarming
or spectrum sharing [14]. Most of the LTE
spectrum assets are in the low and mid bands,
which in the 5G era will continue to be used
for wide-area coverage. Traffic growth will
drive the need for increased network capacity
throughout the 5G era.
Increasedcapacitycanbeachievedbyadding
morespectrumassets,densifyingthenetworkand/
orupgradingcapabilitiesatexistingsites.New5G
spectrumoptionsinthemidbands(around3.5GHz)
andinthehighbands(suchasthemillimeterwave
frequencies)presentgreatopportunitieswithlarge
bandwidths.
Operatingwiththesenewspectrumassets,the
addedRANnodescanalsouseadvancedhardware
featuressuchasanAAStofullycapitalizeonthe
benefitsofNR.Thecoverageprovidedbythe
low-bandandmid-bandspectrumassetsiskeyto
enableCriticalIoTservicesinwide-areadeployments.
Addingnetworkcapacityovertimewillnotonly
increasethecapacityforeMBB,butalsoboost
thecapacityforCriticalIoT.
Casestudies
To illustrate how 5G spectrum assets can be
utilized for Critical IoT, we have put together
case studies for two deployment scenarios:
wide-area deployment and local-area
deployment inside a factory.
Thewide-areascenarioisbasedonamacro-
deploymentincentralLondonwithaninter-site
distanceofapproximately450m,assuminglow-
bandFDD,mid-bandFDDandmid-bandTDD
spectrumoptions.Forthemid-banddeployments,
weincludeanAAS,witheightantennacolumnsfor
3.5GHzandfourfor2GHz.Deviceswithfour
receiverbranchesareusedintheevaluation.
Thelocalfactorysetupisbasedonafactory
automationscenario[15]andassumesmid-band
andhigh-bandTDDoptions.Table1liststhe
spectrumoptionschoseninthecasestudies.
ThetophalfofFigure3presentstheserved
capacitypercellversusvariousreliabilityand
round-tripRANlatencyrequirementsforoutdoor
UEsinthecentralLondonwide-areadeployment
scenario.AlltheTDDcasesassumeaTDDpattern
with3:1downlink(DL)andULsplit.Observethe
costintermsofcapacitywhenpushingfortighter
reliabilityandlatencyrequirements.Generally,
atighterreliabilityorlatencyrequirementleads
Spectrum option Frequency allocation Deployment scenario Subcarrier spacing
Low-bandFDD 2x10MHz@800MHz Widearea 15kHz
Mid-bandFDD 2x20MHz@2GHz Widearea 15kHz
Mid-bandTDD 50MHz@3.5GHz Widearea 30kHz
Mid-bandTDD 100MHz@3.5GHz Localfactory 30kHz
High-bandTDD 400MHz@30GHz Localfactory 120kHz
Table 1 Spectrum assets considered in the case studies
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12. References
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reports-and-papers/white-papers/cellular-iot-in-the-5g-era
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13. theauthors
Fredrik Alriksson
◆ is a researcher at
Development Unit Networks,
where he leads strategic
technology and concept
development within IoT &
New Industries. He joined
Ericsson in 1999 and has
worked in R&D with
architecture evolution
covering a broad set of
technology areas including
RAN, Core, IMS and VoLTE.
Alriksson holds an M.Sc. in
electrical engineering from
KTH Royal Institute of
Technology in Stockholm,
Sweden
Lisa Boström
◆ is a researcher at
Development Unit Networks,
where she does research and
concept development within
IoT & New Industries. She
joined Ericsson in 2006 and
has worked extensively with
RAN R&D and standard-
ization. Boström holds an M.
Sc. in media engineering
from Luleå University of
Technology in Sweden.
Joachim Sachs
◆ is a principal researcher at
Ericsson Research in
Stockholm and coordinates
research activities on 5G for
industrial IoT solutions and
cross-industry research
collaborations. He holds a
Ph.D. from the Technical
University of Berlin in
Germany. Sachs is coauthor
of the book Cellular Internet
of Things: From Massive
Deployments to Critical 5G
Applications.
Y.-P. Eric Wang
◆ joined Ericsson in 1995
and is currently a principal
researcher at Ericsson
Research. He holds a Ph.D. in
electrical engineering from
the University of Michigan
(Ann Arbor) in the US. Wang
is coauthor of the book
Cellular Internet of Things:
From Massive Deployments
to Critical 5G Applications.
Ali Zaidi
◆ is a strategic product
manager for Cellular IoT at
Ericsson and also serves as
the company’s head of IoT
Competence. He holds a
Ph.D. in telecommunications
from KTH Royal Institute of
Technology in Stockholm.
Since joining Ericsson in
2014, he has been working
withtechnologyandbusiness
development of 4G and 5G
radio access at Ericsson.
Zaidi is currently responsible
for LTE-M, URLLC, Industrial
IoT, vehicle-to-everything
and local industrial networks.
The authors would
like to thank
Yanpeng Yang,
Anders Furuskär,
Kittipong
Kittichokechai,
Anders Bränneby,
Fedor
Chernogorov,
Gustav Wikström,
Jari Vikberg,
MattiasAndersson,
Ralf Keller,
Kun Wang,
Torsten Dudda and
Marie Hogan for
their contributions
to this article.
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