GE, Nokia and Qualcomm Unveil First Private LTE-based Trial Network Customized for Industrial IoT.
Demo Illustrates Benefits of a Private High-performance LTE-based
Network Providing End-to-End Solution for Industrial IoT Market.
GE Digital, Nokia and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of
Qualcomm Incorporated , today announced that the companies
have successfully demonstrated a private LTE network for the Industrial
Internet of Things (IIoT) market; meshing together each party's
platforms and technologies. In addition, the companies have announced
plans to further research and conduct live field trials throughout 2017
based on this demonstration, designed to advance the digitization of
industrial processes.
Industrial companies often have local connectivity needs and operate
in remote locations or temporary sites, such as mines, power plants,
offshore oil platforms, factories, warehouses or ports—connectivity for
these environments can be challenging. A standalone LTE network to serve
devices and users within a localized area can help improve performance
and reliability for these industrial settings.
Private LTE-based networks utilize LTE-based technologies in
shared/unlicensed/dedicated-licensed spectrum. This demonstration
utilizes LTE-TDD in the US 3.5 GHz shared spectrum band also known as
Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). With MulteFire™, unlicensed
spectrum bands can be used to create private LTE-based networks, such as
the 5 GHz band available globally.
As part of the collaboration and technology demonstration, Qualcomm
Technologies will provide the wireless technology and device chipsets.
Nokia will be providing base station infrastructure plus the Nokia
Digital Automation Cloud service to run the network as an on demand
private network. GE is integrating these new types of connectivity into
its Predix platform – an open-architecture operating system for the
Industrial Internet – to help industrial companies better manage their
assets and operations, often found far from the public communications
networks.
Further, the agreements between the parties include the installation of a private LTE network at GE Digital's headquarters in San Ramon, Calif., which GE will use to further develop its Predix platform.
"Industries such as factories, warehouses, container ports and
airports are increasingly dependent on wireless connectivity to
efficiently operate as they continue to utilize more wireless data and
connect countless IoT devices to their networks," said Michael Wallace,
senior vice president and general manager, Emerging Business, Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc.
"With this collaboration, we are providing companies
in the Industrial IoT space the ability to leverage the core advantages
of LTE including full mobility, high data rates and coverage,
predictable latency, quality of service and ease of deployment."
"Connecting the world's machines to an industrial operating system
like Predix is vital to unlocking the data and insights necessary to
both increase efficiency and drive adoption of emerging technologies,
such as machine learning and computer vision, in industry," said Peter Marx,
Vice President, Advanced Concepts, GE Digital. "Bringing LTE-based
networks that use shared and unlicensed spectrum to our customers
operating in remote and unpopulated locations is a powerful advancement
beyond what is available today."
"Private LTE networks bring an entirely new level of advanced, low
latency and robust wireless connectivity solutions into verticals and
industries," said Stephan Litjens, GM
Digital Automation, Nokia.
"This allows companies to significantly
increase the level of automation and analytics in use by adding more
sensors, IOT devices, robotics and in general use wireless connectivity
for their business and production critical processes. With this
collaboration, Nokia accelerates the promise of automated industry by
supporting a 'plug n play' private LTE ecosystem. The combination of
capabilities from GE, Qualcomm, and Nokia is ideal to bring the promise
of analytics in end-to-end industrial IoT solutions to life."
Private LTE-based networks will enable industries and enterprises to
own and manage their own LTE network without requiring licensed spectrum
and still enjoy the high-performance benefits from LTE with a strong
roadmap to 5G. Private LTE-based networks also offer the ability to
customize the dedicated LTE network for the company's specific
applications, such as optimizing for capacity, quality-of-service, or
guaranteed latencies.
The demonstration will be on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 27 through March 2 at Qualcomm booth in Hall 3, Booth 3E10.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm's technologies powered the
smartphone revolution and connected billions of people. We pioneered 3G
and 4G – and now we are leading the way to 5G and a new era of
intelligent, connected devices. Our products are revolutionizing
industries, including automotive, computing, IoT, healthcare and data
center, and are allowing millions of devices to connect with each other
in ways never before imagined. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our
licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated,
operates, along with its subsidiaries, all of our engineering, research
and development functions, and all of our products and services
businesses, including, our QCT semiconductor business. For more
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About Nokia
Nokia is a global leader innovating the
technologies at the heart of our connected world. Powered by the
research and innovation of Nokia Bell Labs,
we serve communications service providers, governments, large
enterprises and consumers, with the industry's most complete, end-to-end
portfolio of products, services and licensing.
From the enabling infrastructure for 5G and the Internet of Things,
to emerging applications in virtual reality and digital health, we are
shaping the future of technology to transform the human experience. www.nokia.com
About GE Digital
GE Digital connects streams of machine
data to powerful analytics, providing industrial companies with valuable
insights to manage assets and operations more efficiently. World-class
talent and software capabilities drive big gains in productivity,
availability and longevity. For more information, visit the Web site at
www.ge.com/digital.
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