5G application at the Hannover Messe exhibition center (Image: Deutsche Messe).

A total of 15 companies and associations will go live with their use cases in Deutsche Messe’s private 5G campus network at Hannover Messe 2022. The individual applications show a cross-section of different technology fields and demonstrate test scenarios for all industries.

Just in time for the Hannover Messe, Deutsche Telekom has made the planned eight halls at the Hannover exhibition center 5G-ready, including all roads and parking lots. Large data volumes and high speeds for industrial applications can be realized in the self-contained, private 5G campus network, creating a test field environment similar to that of a real-life laboratory.

In Hall 9, Siemens has built another 5G network specifically for industrial purposes, offering all customers the option to run all industrial test applications during the year.

Exhibitors using the 5G campus network for show cases during the show:

Beagle Systems: fast access to drone data

Currently, aerial data collected by long-range drones is transmitted after a flight because the data transmission rate with 4G is insufficient. With 5G, it is possible to transmit the data during the flight. This allows emergency services and network operators to better assess the situation before arriving on site.

DLR: Smart Construction and Passive Intermodulation (PIM)

Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV), the 5G Real Lab is pursuing possible uses of 5G as a key technology in the context of a Smart Region/Smart City. One use case of the project is the Digital Construction Site: 5G offers a variety of approaches for the digitalization of construction site processes: Access to consistent planning data for all stakeholders involved in construction in real time. More efficient documentation through digital construction diaries, supported by 5G indoor positioning. Quality assurance through the use of augmented reality and the integration of drones. In the 5G Real Lab Braunschweig-Wolfsburg, the feasibility of these use cases is being tested in practice. Another use case of DLR e.V is the return of Passive Intermodulation for 5G technology: due to the use of new frequency ranges and the increased receiver sensitivity in 5G, Passive Intermodulation (PIM) will continue to gain relevance as a source of interference. Locating and avoiding such interference sources is essential for reliable mobile network operation. For this purpose, a traceability of the PIM measurement to the International System of Units (SI units) is being developed, which on the one hand enables a reduction of the measurement uncertainty and on the other hand a comparability of the measurements and methods.

Deutsche Telekom: Autonomous forklift truck

The interplay of mobile 5G networks, intelligent edge computing and data sovereignty is pushing the boundaries of what was previously possible. For example, an autonomously driving forklift truck that is part of a higher-level value chain even in remote areas via a mobile 5G network. In this use case, 5G enables fully automated unloading and delivery processes as well as the recording of material inventories and secure integration into the ERP system and cross-company supply chains.

Fraunhofer: Real-time monitoring and interoperability

Fraunhofer is showcasing three use cases at Hannover Messe:

• A 5G-based multi-sensor platform for real-time condition monitoring: using process-integrated sensor technology, various process data, such as vibration, temperature and position, can be collected and wirelessly transmitted in order to derive an adaptive manufacturing process on this constant data stream in the future.
• 5G for real-time monitoring of tool wear and breakage detection with smart, wireless structure-borne sound sensor technology: The component and surface quality when machining a component using drilling, milling or turning processes depends on the condition of the tool cutting edge. In order to take full advantage of the tool cutting edge’s service life without having to accept a reduction in component quality, constant monitoring of the tool’s wear condition is required. One way to monitor the tool’s closing condition with low latencies is to use structure-borne sound sensor technology and transmit the process data via 5G.
• 5G-TSN-Juggler: The 5G-TSN-Juggler use case uses the example of adaptive control of a plate juggling a ping-pong ball to demonstrate the control of industrial applications by edge cloud systems as well as the interoperability between wired and wireless real-time communication.

Giesecke and Devrient: Switching seamlessly between public and private mobile networks

G+D is demonstrating a use case that allows customers to move their devices seamlessly between public and private mobile networks. Here, a robot switches between the standalone (SA) Siemens and the public network. The process is triggered by a local profile wizard and can be monitored via a dashboard.

Pod Group and G+D are also introducing an end-to-end solution for tracking valuable assets throughout the supply chain. The Track Solar device, along with our intelligent middleware and low-power cellular connectivity to maximize battery life, is the ideal sustainable solution for the logistics and manufacturing industries.

Similar to public cellular networks, any device that wants to log into a private network requires a SIM card. To simplify the distribution and management of physical SIM cards, G+D also offers a simple and fully digital method for connecting eSIM-enabled devices to private networks.

LS Telcom: Automatic detection of radio interference

A clean radio spectrum is the basis for interference-free and high-performance radio communication. In the context of the presented use case, the LS Observer system will measure the radio spectrum on a broadband basis, visually displaying the 5G spectrum, among other things. Conformity with the license granted by the Federal Network Agency or even interference will thus become apparent to the viewer. Interference can also be quickly localized using various methodologies.

Media Broadcast: Drones and AI-assisted analysis tools.

Capturing, counting and guiding streams of visitors, vehicles or individual people using high-quality video images in conjunction with AI-supported analysis tools opens up completely new application possibilities using 5G, as a use case from Media Broadcast at Hannover Messe shows. Also on display are drones that can perform security-related tasks or transmit high-quality aerial images live. Reliable, broadband radio links are indispensable here and cannot be realized with today’s systems, but will be in a 5G campus network in the future.

Rohde and Schwarz: Measuring quality and performance

Rohde and Schwarz will exhibit its 5G Site Testing Solution, which can be used to measure the quality and performance of the private and public 5G networks (and LTE networks) available at the Hannover exhibition center. Using passive as well as active measurements, the test solution evaluates RF parameters such as network coverage and signal quality and determines KPIs such as data throughput and latency that can be achieved in the available 5G networks.

SMEV and inseego: Intelligent traffic light switching

The patented SMEV technology empowers emergency vehicles to generate geodynamic data that is used to divert existing traffic and clear the way in the corridor of emergency travel, through intelligent traffic light switching. In this way, the approach time can be reduced by half. The 5G network ensures seamless and latency-free signal transmission. The use case shows the switching of a traffic signal by the approaching emergency vehicle. The decisive phases are visualized for the viewer in a comprehensible way.

Test field Lower Saxony: Future mobility scenarios

In cooperation with other companies, DLR is demonstrating the interlinking of simulation and reality at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds. A realistic traffic volume is simulated in the computer center of the Lower Saxony test field, which takes into account the movement of real objects on the exhibition grounds in real time and adjusts the reaction of the simulated vehicles accordingly. This means that the fairgrounds, with their urban feel and roads largely free of markings and traffic installations, can be ideally used for the validation and evaluation of future mobility scenarios.

University of Kaiserslautern: Flexible manufacturing module

In the project “5G – Deployment in Industry” of the TU Kaiserslautern funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the possible applications of 5G technology in the industrial environment are being investigated and their capabilities demonstrated. The project includes the development of a 5G campus network in the frequency range 3.7-3.8 GHz for industrial applications, a flexible manufacturing module with a small robot arm and safety-related communication via 5G for integration into the skill-based Production Level 4 demonstrator landscape of SmartFactoryKL, the implementation of a wireless handheld device with safety functions for controlling the robot and the development of an augmented reality application based on edge computing.

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