Implementation and Trial Evaluation of a Wireless Manufacturing Execution System for Industry 4.0

Rasmus Suhr Mogensen; Ignacio Rodriguez; Gilberto Berardinelli; Andreas Fink; Rene´ Dam Marcker; Søren Markussen; Taus Mortensen Raunholt; Troels Kolding; Guillermo Pocovi; Simone Barbera

doi:10.1109/VTCFall.2019.8891231

Implementation and Trial Evaluation of a Wireless Manufacturing Execution System for Industry 4.0

Rasmus Suhr Mogensen^*, Ignacio Rodriguez, Gilberto Berardinelli, Andreas Fink, Rene´ Dam Marcker, Søren Markussen, Taus Mortensen Raunholt, Troels Kolding, Guillermo Pocovi, Simone Barbera

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This paper presents the implementation framework and performance evaluation of a wireless Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for Industry 4.0. The proposed solution is based on self- configuring multi-access gateways that enable seamless transport of delay-tolerant industrial Ethernet control data traffic over LTE or Wi-Fi (or both, using hybrid-access techniques). The wireless MES solution has been deployed at the Smart Production Lab facilities at Aalborg University, allowing the removal of Ethernet cables between modules in a production line setup, and thus enabling a faster re-configuration of the production facilities. The performance of the wireless MES solution is benchmarked against the reference Ethernet case in terms of latency and packet loss. The trials revealed that, despite the increase in latency and packet loss as compared to the reference operation over Ethernet, both LTE and Wi-Fi under different conditions were able to reliably support the production control operations at MES level without discernable difference on the overall functionality of the system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE 90th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2019 Fall - Proceedings
Number of pages	7
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	Sept 2019
Article number	8891231
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-1221-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-1220-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCFall.2019.8891231
Publication status	Published - Sept 2019
Event	2019 IEEE 90th Vehicular Technology Conference - Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, Honolulu, United States Duration: 22 Sept 2019 → 25 Sept 2019 Conference number: 90 http://www.ieeevtc.org/vtc2019fall/

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Conference	2019 IEEE 90th Vehicular Technology Conference
Number	90
Location	Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	22/09/2019 → 25/09/2019
Internet address	http://www.ieeevtc.org/vtc2019fall/

Series	IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference. Proceedings
ISSN	1550-2252

Keywords

wireless
manufacturing
manufacturing execution system
4G LTE
Wi-Fi
trial
performance

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Mogensen, R. S., Rodriguez, I., Berardinelli, G., Fink, A., Marcker, R. D., Markussen, S., Raunholt, T. M., Kolding, T., Pocovi, G., & Barbera, S. (2019). Implementation and Trial Evaluation of a Wireless Manufacturing Execution System for Industry 4.0. In 2019 IEEE 90th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2019 Fall - Proceedings Article 8891231 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCFall.2019.8891231

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Implementation and Trial Evaluation of a Wireless Manufacturing Execution System for Industry 4.0. / Mogensen, Rasmus Suhr; Rodriguez, Ignacio; Berardinelli, Gilberto et al.
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