Vodafone mentioned the brand new personal 5G SA community will permit Ford to optimize its manufacturing processes
Vodafone Spain has deployed a personal 5G Standalone (5G SA) community that may permit Ford to optimize manufacturing processes at its Almussafes manufacturing facility in Valencia.
In a launch, Vodafone mentioned that this new deployment will allow the corporate to acquire early validation of parts, performance and software program as a result of assortment of data by way of nonetheless pictures or movies that might be processed on the fringe of the Vodafone community. This know-how permits the appliance server to be introduced nearer to the community, in order that latency is diminished. Thus, the system may cease the meeting line if an error is detected, minimizing the financial and environmental affect, the telco added.
As well as, by way of Radio Positioning System (RPS) methods over 5G, real-time monitoring of parts within the worth chain has been carried out utilizing low-latency applied sciences.
Use instances associated to electrical danger safety and ergonomic enhancements for meeting line operators are additionally being carried out. Particularly, this use case displays, utilizing Kinect sensors and the sting of Vodafone’s 5G community, the postural and ergonomic dangers to operators, in order that the system learns to detect dangers of this nature and may notify the operator to appropriate their actions.
“We’re proud to be a part of this venture together with six different firms with which we share the identical need for innovation. The venture and our contribution to it are aligned with our technique to place ourselves as a number one supplier in Spain in personal 5G SA networks,” mentioned Laura Galián, territorial director for the Valencian Group, Murcia and the Balearic Islands of Vodafone Spain.
The venture, which has already entered the ultimate stretch, will conclude in June 2024. Up to now, it’s the most full venture associated to enhancing effectivity in Automotive Business 4.0 because it covers virtually your entire manufacturing course of, from element design to remaining meeting, Vodafone mentioned.
In November 2023, Vodafone introduced it has efficiently examined future cellular spectrum within the higher 6 GHz frequency band in Spain.
The telco highlighted that enabling this band for cellular use will guarantee shoppers and companies obtain even quicker and extra dependable 5G providers over the following 5 to 10 years.
Utilizing a smartphone tuned to the anticipated quantity of 6 GHz spectrum band that might be made obtainable in European nations, Vodafone engineers in Spain achieved obtain speeds of as much as 5 Gbps and on common 2 Gbps throughout varied indoor places.
The telco defined that 6 GHz tools was put in on an present 5G website in Madrid masking Vodafone’s campus and the encircling space, together with a number of indoor places. Huge MIMO antenna know-how was used on this check.
