Enabling Safe Wireless Harbor Automation via 5G URLLC

Heli Kokkoniemi-tarkkanen; Seppo Horsmanheimo; Artjom Grudnitsky; Martti Moisio; Zexian Li; Mikko A. Uusitalo; Dragan Samardzija; Teemu Härkönen; Pekka Yli-Paunu

doi:10.1109/5GWF.2019.8911736

Enabling Safe Wireless Harbor Automation via 5G URLLC

Heli Kokkoniemi-tarkkanen, Seppo Horsmanheimo, Artjom Grudnitsky, Martti Moisio, Zexian Li, Mikko A. Uusitalo, Dragan Samardzija, Teemu Härkönen, Pekka Yli-Paunu

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Abstract

Automated Rubber-Tyred Gantry cranes, AutoRTGs, are in many cases replacing manually operated cranes in day-to-day operations at harbor container terminals. The automated systems provide significant benefits by improving operational efficiency and predictability as well as enabling safer working environment. The crane operations are remotely controlled or automatic under supervision of the operator. The remote control, supervision and safety set extremely strict requirements for the communication between the cranes and the control room. This paper studies the potentials to use wireless, especially 4G and 5G ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) link as a replacement for a cable reel of an AutoRTG. The key research question is whether these technologies can fulfil the reliability and low latency requirements for safety and remote control operations. As a research method, this paper introduces extensive lab measurements, system simulations, and a field-test trial to validate the system and communication performance. Based on our study, 5G URLLC is capable to support the studied use cases.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE 5G World Forum, 5GWF 2019 - Conference Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	403-408
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-3627-1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-3628-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/5GWF.2019.8911736
Publication status	Published - Sept 2019
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	2019 IEEE 2nd 5G World Forum (5GWF) - Dresden, Germany Duration: 30 Sept 2019 → 2 Oct 2019

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Conference	2019 IEEE 2nd 5G World Forum (5GWF)
Period	30/09/19 → 2/10/19

Keywords

5G mobile communications
Safety
Cranes
Container
Reliability
Remote control
Wireless communication
5G URLLC
QoS
One-way latency
Simulation
Harbor automation
Port
AutoRTG

UN SDGs

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Kokkoniemi-tarkkanen, H., Horsmanheimo, S., Grudnitsky, A., Moisio, M., Li, Z., Uusitalo, M. A., Samardzija, D., Härkönen, T., & Yli-Paunu, P. (2019). Enabling Safe Wireless Harbor Automation via 5G URLLC. In IEEE 5G World Forum, 5GWF 2019 - Conference Proceedings (pp. 403-408). Article 8911736 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/5GWF.2019.8911736

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Enabling Safe Wireless Harbor Automation via 5G URLLC. / Kokkoniemi-tarkkanen, Heli ; Horsmanheimo, Seppo; Grudnitsky, Artjom et al.
IEEE 5G World Forum, 5GWF 2019 - Conference Proceedings. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2019. p. 403-408 8911736.

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