5G machine vision replaces human eyes to detect products, 5G cloud-based cars recognize obstacles and automatically change direction, and 10-meter-high shelves can be automatically loaded and unloaded... ZTE Nanjing Binjiang Intelligent Manufacturing Base was completed from the factory Since it was put into production, more than 60% of the 5G base station production tasks shipped around the world have been completed here, realizing the use of 5G technology to manufacture 5G equipment.

This set of capabilities has completed the transformation from internal application to external output. The new 5G+AI smart manufacturing factory built by Jiangsu Jingyan Technology has deployed a 5G MEC private network in the workshop to create a 5G+ industrial big data cloud platform and developed 5G+AI quality inspection machine products, replacing manual quality inspection of 3C product parts. Method: A single quality inspection machine can reduce the number of quality inspection personnel by 12 to 16, greatly improve the detection efficiency and accuracy, reduce the damage to workers' vision and body caused by manual inspection work, and save labor costs of 30 million yuan per year.

The digital economy has become a general trend, and 5G has become the core engine of new infrastructure. In the era of digital economy, ZTE is both a transformer and an enabler. Internally, its digital transformation goal is to become the ultimate cloud company; externally, ZTE is committed to becoming a "road builder" for the digital economy. ZTE hopes to achieve this through the ultimate Network, precise cloud network and enabling platform, actively explore 5G+ industrial Internet technology and practice, and empower the digitalization of thousands of industries.

Deeply cultivate vertical industries

Lay the foundation for 5G business with differentiation

At the construction site of an advanced manufacturing base in Nansha District, Guangzhou, an excavator broke into Entering the power facility protection zone triggered the alarm mode, and the high-definition camera transmitted live footage back in real time through 5G. After receiving the order, the drone immediately took off from the nest and shouted to stop the excavator.

This is the exploration of application scenarios of China Southern Power Grid’s “Sky Eye System” based on 5G technology in preventing external damage to power facilities. It is also a microcosm of the achievements of 5G smart grid construction. ZTE and its partners have established 5G power private networks and power edge clouds to provide "last mile" communication support for the power grid. In the 5G differential protection service verification, the air interface timing accuracy corresponding to the measured service was less than 1us, and the end-to-end channel delay was less than 12ms. It achieved zero packet loss in long-term operation, which preliminarily verified the feasibility of 5G carrying power services.

As the industry’s largest 5G smart grid demonstration area, Guangzhou Nansha has completed the first precise timing based on 3GPP R16, the first commercial dedicated slice online, the first differential protection officially put into operation, and 51 business coverage. , transmission, transformation, distribution and use, leading the industry.

When 5G meets the digital grid, it will not only greatly improve production and operation efficiency, but also realize end-to-end connection of slices, supporting business operations from pre-sales, in-sales to after-sales.

Network slicing is equivalent to demarcating special lanes for the network according to user needs. Different vehicles drive on highways, national highways, and provincial highways, ensuring the independence of each lane.

According to the research and development vision of the global telecommunications industry, 5G is mainly targeted at three major scenarios: ultra-wideband, low latency and high reliability, and large-scale Internet of Things, and these scenarios appear more in industry applications. It can be said that the key to the success of 5G commercialization lies in the industry market, and the development of the industry market depends on the progress of network slicing technology.

As the leading domestic manufacturer of 5G end-to-end equipment, ZTE is in a leading position in terms of technical reserves. By combining slicing technology with the characteristics of specific scenarios, ZTE provides differentiated services for different industries and users. Industry partners in electric power, transportation, manufacturing and other fields have collaborated on 5G network slicing solutions. These pilots have explored 5G-based Various innovative business models such as network slicing's B2B, B2B2C, and B2B2X have laid a good foundation for formal commercial use.

Promote the implementation of the Industrial Internet

Implement complex scenarios like building blocks

Real-time control of production data, real-time refresh of energy consumption and emissions, regular display of inventory quality inspection, video Security linkage alarms, automatic intelligence in the production process, 5G transformation and the integration of intelligent analysis with the company's internal systems realize the integration and visualization of information throughout the process, significantly reducing information blind spots and the work intensity of front-line personnel...

This is a scene of Yunnan Shenhuo Aluminum’s “5G+ Smart Factory”.

By joining forces with China Mobile, ZTE, and Guiyang Aluminum and Magnesium Design Institute, we will build Yunnan’s first 5G+MEC smart factory and jointly build the country’s first-class green hydropower aluminum smart factory. Here, the industrial Internet platform, visual analysis platform, and digital twin workshop multi-dimensional management support the incubation of various innovative applications, helping Yunnan Shenhuo Aluminum Factory Park Management to achieve intelligentization.

The sudden epidemic in 2020 has made people deeply feel the importance of powerful information infrastructure such as massive data, high-speed networks, and diverse terminals in ensuring the normal operation of society. The rapid development of 5G has become an important foundation and carrier of the digital economy era. At the same time, the digital transformation of thousands of industries has put forward new requirements for cloud network capabilities—ultra-broadband, real-time powerful computing, hyper-convergence, super-intelligence, etc.

For example, the original communication methods have encountered technical difficulties. One is the enterprise data security requirements, the other is the strong demand for flexible network networking in flexible production, and the third is the original Wi-Fi and 4G reach. It does not meet the factory’s requirements for bandwidth, latency, and stability. "5G+Industrial Internet" has become a good strategy to solve these problems.

5G opens up a new wireless industrial network interconnection scenario, making high-bandwidth, real-time and highly reliable control such as industrial visual analysis and overhead crane remote control possible in discrete scenarios; for the massive sensors that exist, industrial IoT For terminals, 5G access to the industrial Internet is more economical than wired networks; after industrial equipment achieves "braid-cut" wireless access, the production process can be quickly and conveniently reconfigured, greatly improving production and configuration efficiency.

A major feature of 5G industry applications is fragmentation. Applications in different industries and scenarios have widely varying requirements for network and computing infrastructure and services. To meet this challenge, ZTE has built a more agile cloud network Integrated services are light, flexible and tailor-made to allow industry customers to achieve “more, faster, better and more economical services”.

For example, the 5G+ industrial Internet solution system architecture built by ZTE is hierarchical building blocks of terminals, networks, clouds, platforms, and applications, allowing users to quickly combine multiple modules at different levels. This can more accurately meet the business needs of different scenarios.

At present, ZTE’s distributed precision cloud can well meet the diverse needs of industry customers. The physical resources of the precision cloud are very flexible and can be field-level, single-board computers, all-in-one computers, and server resource pools, which is very good It can effectively solve boundary problems and meet the differentiated needs of enterprises more accurately.

After solving the cloud capabilities, it is time to solve the connection problem. ZTE’s deterministic precision network solution combines the integration of 5G and fixed access to meet the determinism of multiple harsh industrial scenarios. Network SLA access requirements ensure reliable deployment of various industrial applications.

When enterprises deploy the Industrial Internet, the biggest concern is whether the core information content is secure enough. ZTE helps industry customers realize customizable 5G+ industrial Internet security capabilities, including network security isolation, real-time business guarantee, end-to-end data security, terminal access demonstration, security operation and maintenance management, etc., so that enterprises can have peace of mind after going online.

ZTE has carried out long-term and in-depth cooperation in the industrial field and has tried more 5G industrial Internet application scenarios. It has developed more than 500 partners in the fields of industry, transportation, energy, government affairs, new media and other fields. We have jointly explored more than a hundred innovative 5G application scenarios and launched more than 60 demonstration projects around the world.

Accelerating digital transformation

The underlying technology paves the way for industry transformation

With the large-scale commercialization of 5G networks, a large number of innovations and applications will emerge in vertical fields. Accelerate the transformation of traditional industries into digitalization and intelligence. Digital transformation is not only the improvement of technology, but also the evolution of digitalization in all aspects such as ways of thinking, development strategies, and business models.

In 2020, jointly built by China Telecom and ZTE, ZTE’s visual inspection business will be implemented on the Telecom MEC platform based on 5G transmission. It can respond accurately and quickly to different non-standard industrial manufacturing scenarios. The visual inspection business needs of manufacturing customers help corporate customers reduce costs and increase efficiency, and accelerate digital transformation.

In ZTE’s Nanjing Binjiang Intelligent Manufacturing Factory, it uses the method of “making 5G with 5G” to integrate and create 5G industrial applications in specific scenarios. Currently, the factory is operating with fewer people on the production line and logistics. Efficiency, management refinement, production flexibility, value lean and other aspects have all been improved.

Data shows that after combining 5G and the industrial Internet, the production efficiency of Binjiang factory has been greatly improved. Among them, the assembly quality missed inspection rate was reduced by 80%, the production defective rate was reduced by 53%, the production efficiency was increased by 27%, and the logistics turnover efficiency was increased by 20%.

In addition, ZTE has also joined hands with leading manufacturing companies such as Sany Heavy Industry and Zhejiang SUPCON to create typical 5G applications, jointly building a digital intelligence "tropical rainforest".

Judging from past experience, the spillover of large enterprises’ own technological capabilities can drive the formation of emerging industries. As the world’s leading communications equipment manufacturer, ZTE has accumulated a series of core figures through continuous self-research and innovation. Technology, including operating systems, databases, chips, cloud computing and AI algorithms, etc., can flexibly call business component libraries to empower various areas of enterprise operation, insist on scientific and technological innovation of underlying basic technologies, and pave the way for the transformation and upgrading of the industry. .

Driven by the trend of digital transformation, ZTE will continue to explore the innovative value points of underlying core technologies, allowing itself to succeed in more and more subdivisions while also assisting enterprises in thousands of industries. Customers achieve efficient digital transformation.

Written by: Gao Xiaoping