Wireless Automation as an Enabler for the Next Industrial Revolution edited by Muhammad A. Imran, Sajjad Hussain, Qammer H. Abbasi

Wireless Automation as an Enabler for the Next Industrial Revolution

Edited by

Muhammad A. Imran, Sajjad Hussain and Qammer H. Abbasi

James Watt School of Engineering
University of Glasgow
UK







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List of Contributors

Hasan T. Abbas
James Watt School of Engineering
University of Glasgow
UK

Muhammad Mahtab Alam
Thomas Johann Seebeck
Department of Electronics
Tallinn University of Technology
Estonia

Akram Alomainy
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of
London
UK

Ramy Amer
CONNECT Centre for Future
Networks
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland

Anas Amjad
Staffordshire University
UK

Gennaro Boggia
Department of Electrical and
Information Engineering
Politecnico di Bari
Italy

M. Majid Butt
Nokia Bell Labs
France
and
CONNECT Centre for Future
Networks
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland

Luigi Alfredo Grieco
Department of Electrical and
Information Engineering
Politecnico di Bari
Italy

Mona Jaber
School of Electronic Engineering
and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of
London
UK

Alar Kuusik
Thomas Johann Seebeck
Department of Electronics
Tallinn University of Technology
Estonia

Yannick Le Moullec
Thomas Johann Seebeck
Department of Electronics
Tallinn University of Technology
Estonia

Hassan Malik
Thomas Johann Seebeck
Department of Electronics
Tallinn University of Technology
Estonia

Nicola Marchetti
CONNECT Centre for Future
Networks
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland

Zhen Meng
James Watt School of Engineering
University of Glasgow
UK

Sven Pärand
Telia Estonia Ltd.
Estonia

João Pedro Battistella Nadas
James Watt School of Engineering
University of Glasgow
UK

Metin Ozturk
James Watt School of Engineering
University of Glasgow
UK

Mohsin Raza
Faculty of Science and
Technology
Middlesex University
UK

Aifeng Ren
James Watt School of Engineering
University of Glasgow
UK

Huan X. Nguyen
Faculty of Science and
Technology
Middlesex University
UK

Hafiz Husnain Raza Sherazi
Department of Electrical and
Information Engineering
Politecnico di Bari
Italy

Richard Demo Souza
Universidade Federal de Santa
Catarina‐Florianópolis
Brazil

Adnan Zahid
James Watt School of Engineering
University of Glasgow
UK

Guodong Zhao
James Watt School of Engineering
University of Glasgow
UK

Ahmed Zoha
James Watt School of Engineering
University of Glasgow
UK

Preface

Over the past three centuries, industrial processes have evolved from steam operated mechanical looms (industry 1.0), electrically run machines (industry 2.0) to programmable logic controller (PLC) based manufacturing (industry 3.0). However, in the 21st century, we are talking about the industrial revolution through to industry 4.0. Industry 4.0 is about digitizing all industrial processes and making them intelligent, efficient and autonomous through sensing, connectivity, big data analytics, and control. With advancements in enabling technologies, industrial processes are likely to build further on industry 4.0, resulting in even smarter manufacturing solutions.

Besides the technical challenges, the industrial revolution will face challenges like overhauling of company culture, and hiring and training people with appropriate skills to run the digital processes. Moreover, the companies will need to develop new business models in order to maximize their outputs and take full advantage of the industrial revolution.

With regards to the technical challenges, cybersecurity is an extremely important issue since any sort of cyber attack could result in financial as well as human loss. Interoperability is another important aspect that has to be ensured in the form of the use of open source software and solutions, privacy and accessibility.

The key enablers for industrial revolution are advanced electronics and information and communication technologies (ICT), e.g. energy‐efficient sensing, cloud and mobile‐edge computing, reliable and low latency communication, big data analytics through machine learning and artificial intelligence, and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

To enable flexible and scalable connectivity solutions for industry 4.0, the role of wireless automation is pivotal. To achieve industrial wireless automation there are stringent requirements of low latency and high reliability in the presence of harsh industrial environments. Specifically, to enable industrial revolution, the end‐to‐end latency should be less than 0.5 ms while the reliability requirements of 10–9 or even less block error ratio (BLER).

To address these issues, the fifth generation of mobile communications (5G) proposes meeting the industrial wireless automation requirements through ultra‐reliable low‐latency communication (URLLC) services.

Integrating 5G URLLC with machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions will result in proactive anomaly detection followed up by self‐healing enabled by a reliable feedback control loop.

This book is presented in a way that it gradually builds on the knowledge introduced in the previous chapters, thus providing a seamless integration of various topics. The book chapters can be broadly divided into the following parts:

  • Industrial wireless sensor networks, application, challenges, and solutions (Chapters 1–3)
    • Industrial wireless sensor networks and their applications
    • Life‐span extension for sensor networks in the industry
    • Multiple access and resource sharing for low latency critical industrial networks
  • Industrial automation via 5G URLLC and IIoT (Chapters 4 and 5)
    • IIoTs and narrow‐band IoT for industrial automation
    • URLLC as an enabler for industry automation
  • Machine learning and industrial automation optimization (Chapters 6–8)
    • Anomaly detection and self‐healing in industrial wireless networks
    • Cost efficiency optimization for industrial automation
    • Non‐intrusive load monitoring
  • Advanced topics on wireless network control, nano‐scale communication and wireless caching (Chapters 9–11)
    • Wireless networked control
    • Wireless caching for industrial automation
    • Nano‐scale communication for agriculture industrial automation.

Muhammad A. Imran, Sajjad Hussain,
Qammer H. Abbasi
University of Glasgow, UK