Industrial Automation branch INA
of Fraunhofer IOSB
Industrial Automation branch INA
of Fraunhofer IOSB

5G application center in detail

5G ACIA Member (Architecture and Technology) M. Sc. Timo Siekmann

The 5G ACIA (Aliance for Connected Industry and Automation) is an alliance of leading global manufacturers of mobile terminals, mobile infrastructure, mobile network operators and stakeholders from various industrial and automation fields. The goal of the alliance is to maximize the applicability of 5G technology for industrial applications. For example, various working groups ensure that standards and regulations are defined for the specific requirements of industry.

Technical equipment

Quectel RM500Q-GL

  • Compatible with the campus network in LTE band 43
  • Compatible with the public mobile network LTE
  • Compatible with 5G NSA public cellular network @ 3.6 GHz

Sierra Wireless EM9191

  • Compatible with the public mobile network LTE
  • Compatible with 5G NSA public cellular network @ 2.1 GHz
  • Compatible with 5G NSA public cellular network @ 3.6 GHZ

5G outdoor router with Quectel RM500Q-AE modem

  • From the Zyxel company based on the Quectel RM500Q-AE modem
  • Compatible with the campus network in LTE band 43
  • Compatible with the public mobile network LTE
  • Compatible with 5G NSA public cellular network @ 3.6 GHz

5G industrial router Siemens Scalance MUM856-1

  • For wireless connectivity in demanding industrial applications
  • The 5G router will be used to test applications in the campus network and public mobile network

Implemented use cases

The following use cases and demonstrators are being implemented or have already been realized.

  • Future City Solutions showroom: V2X communication for rail technology
  • OPC UA with 5G using the example of a sorting process with real-time request
  • Condition monitoring with an "INAcarry 5G" mobile sensor carrier
  • Fraunhofer cross-site networking via 5G
  • 5G monitor dashboard
  • AGV control via 5G
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Time Sensitive Network-Testumgebung
© Fraunhofer IOSB-INA
5G Frequenzzuteilung: Campusnetzlizenz und Campusnetzwerk innerhalb der SmartFactoryOWL für Anwendungsnahe Testszenarien
© Fraunhofer IOSB-INA
Fahrerloses Transport System für dynamische 5G und WLAN 6 Messungen

News about 5G

  • Fraunhofer research results tested for the first time in ENERCON wind turbine

    Lemgo / April 27, 2023

    (Lemgo / Aurich) One of Germany's largest manufacturers of wind turbines, ENERCON, has joined forces with Fraunhofer IOSB-INA in Lemgo to develop a groundbreaking innovation for wind turbine (WTG) control: The new ultra-high-speed communication system has now been successfully implemented and tested at the end of 2022 at the Staphorst wind farm in the Netherlands in a model type E-138 EP3 wind turbine with a rotor diameter of 138 meters and a rated power of 4.26 MW. The new technology improves the control of so-called feed-in converters. With the increasing number of regenerative energy sources, powerful feed-in converters play a central role. Thus, the new Fraunhofer technology is an important building block for a robust energy grid of the future. The system makes it possible to control the active and reactive power feed-in of wind turbines into the energy grid in real time and more precisely than ever before, enabling potential for greater efficiency.

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  • 5G field test in the 5G4Automation project successful

    Lemgo / February 28, 2023

    (Lemgo / Rheda-Wiedenbrück) Based on a mobile 5G campus network, the Fraunhofer Institute from Lemgo and Wireless Consulting GmbH successfully carried out the planning and commissioning of a 5G campus network at Venjakob Maschinenbau GmbH & Co KG.

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