5G Innovations for Industry Transformation Data-driven Use Cases

Authoritative resource providing insight on real-life industrial 5G use cases in driving customer value, productivity, and sustainability ambitions

With 5G innovations rapidly expanding to different areas within technology, 5G Innovations for Industry Transformation provides key information on how 5G technology can positively impact digital transformation in the industry sectors, discussing new data-driven business opportunities, including green digital transition, new standards for sustainability, and real-time data-driven services, introducing case studies that cover a variety of industries, from the oil & gas industry to the telecom industry, along with the lessons learned from these case studies, and providing insights into how 5G technology will transform businesses by sharing real-time customer solutions, fair data sharing principles, and ecosystem and change management.

The book summarizes novelty aspects in a compact and practical way to benefit users and specialists in the field who want to understand some of the very key aspects of 5G. To aid in reader comprehension, the book contains tables, figures of technical principles and architectural block diagrams, and photographs further explaining key topics.

Sample topics covered in 5G Innovations for Industry Transformation include:

• 5G SA technology with new capabilities, 5G private networks, and how smart, connected products are transforming competition
• Implications of 5G applied to your particular business and/or industry, and how to scale up and industrialize based on these implications
• How to lead the charge in relation to optimizing business practices based on the advent of 5G, and details on navigating the platform economy
• How 5G affects data privacy and security, and other integrated capabilities of 5G, such as processes, data, technology, and competencies

Based on real-world experiences and high-quality research and presenting practical examples that serve as a useful guiding hand, 5G Innovations for Industry Transformation is an essential resource for change leaders, enterprise architects, and software developers of any industrial enterprise seeking to drive digitalization forward in their value chain and organization.

About the Authors xiii

Foreword xv

Preface xix

Acknowledgments xxi

Part I New Data-Driven Business Opportunities with Industrial 5G 1

1 Digital Disruption of Industries 3

1.1 Introduction 3

1.2 Industrial 5G Boosts Digital Transformation 4

1.3 Toward New Business Models 12

1.4 Key Drivers of 5G in the Industrial Verticals 13

2 Green Digital Transition: New Standards for Sustainability 19

2.1 Introduction 19

2.2 Industrial 5G-enabled Green Transition 20

2.3 Benefits of Industrial 5G for Sustainability 22

2.4 5G Radio Network and Energy Efficiency 26

3 Smart, Connected Products with APIs Transform Industry Ecosystems 29

3.1 Introduction 29

3.2 Industry Ecosystems – Driving Digital Transformation 30

3.3 Industrial 5G – Building a Platform for Industry Ecosystems 37

3.4 Standard APIs – Enabling Common Digital Platforms 42

4 New Capabilities of 5G SA 51

4.1 General 51

4.2 Technical Foundations of the SA Mode 55

4.3 Vertical Aspects 69

4.4 Edge and API Development 72

5 Mobile Edge and Real-Time Data-Driven Innovations 79

5.1 Introduction 79

5.2 Mobile Edge Computing and Industrial 5G 80

5.3 Data Quality and Cyber Security 86

6 Private Networks 91

6.1 Introduction 91

6.2 Standardization 91

6.3 5G NPN Standard Architectures 92

6.4 NPN Deployment Models 93

6.5 Summary 98

Part II Industry Case Studies 101

7 Mining Industry: Striving for Autonomous Connected Operations Underground 103

7.1 Introduction 103

7.2 Industry Transformation Challenge 105

7.3 Data-Driven Use Cases 107

7.4 Benefits of 5G 120

7.5 Future Opportunities 121

8 Forest Industry: Improving Productivity in Bioproduct Mill Operations 123

8.1 Introduction 123

8.2 Industry Transformation Challenge 124

8.3 Data-Driven Use Cases 125

8.4 Benefits of 5G 131

8.5 Barriers Hindering Adoption 135

8.6 Managerial Implications 139

9 Elevator Industry: Optimizing Logistics on Construction Sites with Smart Elevators 141

9.1 Introduction 141

9.2 Industry Transformation Challenge 143

9.3 Data-Driven Use Case: Construction Site Pilot 148

9.4 Benefits of 5G 151

9.5 Future Opportunities 154

10 Telecom Industry: Improving Energy Efficiency for Climate 157

10.1 Introduction 157

10.2 Industry Transformation Challenge 159

10.3 Data-Driven Use Cases 161

10.4 Benefits from 5G 164

10.5 Future Opportunities 170

10.6 Managerial Implications 173

11 Oil and Gas Industry: Improving Operations with 5G-Enabled Drones at a Refinery Area 175

11.1 Introduction 175

11.2 Industry Transformation Challenge 176

11.3 Data-Driven Use Cases 177

11.4 Benefits of 5G 182

11.5 Managerial Implications 184

Part III Transforming for Digital Business 187

12 Industrialization of the Lessons Learned 189

12.1 Introduction 189

12.2 Industrial 5G Solution with New Opportunities 190

12.3 Alternative Approaches to Industrial 5G 197

12.4 Barriers to Implementing Industrial 5G 200

12.5 Conclusions 203

13 5G Private Network Guidelines for Industry Verticals 205

13.1 Introduction 205

13.2 Evaluation of the Requirements 205

13.3 Techno-economic Optimization Modeling Aspects 208

13.4 Enterprise/Vertical Requirement Interpretation 210

13.5 Enterprise and Vertical Requirements Assessment 212

13.6 Business Model for 5G Private Network 213

13.7 Example of Modeling 216

13.8 Summary 217

14 5G-Driven New Business Development 219

14.1 Introduction 219

14.2 Business Opportunity Development and Commercialization to Drive Digital Transformation 220

14.3 Main Phases of Business Opportunity Development and Commercialization 223

15 Next Steps Toward the Industrial Metaverse and 6G 235

15.1 Introduction 235

15.2 Fundamentals of Industrial Metaverse 237

15.3 6G Outlook 248

References 251

Index 255

Jari Collin is an Adjunct Professor of Enterprise Information Systems and Service Networks at Aalto University, Finland. He has more than 25-years' experience from the global ICT-industry and currently works as CTO at Telia Finland.

Jarkko Pellikka is the leader of Nokia's Veturi programs and has extensive experience in technology research, innovation ecosystems and commercialization of innovation.

Jyrki T. J. Penttinen has worked on mobile telecommunications in Finland, Spain, Mexico, and the USA since 1994. He is experienced in research and operational activities and has authored various books on telecommunication technologies.