Private LTE
Reliable and secure wireless connectivity is an essential requirement for all industries. Nowadays, all types of communications, Human-to-Human (H2H), Human-to-Machine (H2M) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) are needed. Some of which require centralized cloud processing; however, a lot of data has a local context.
The network must be capable of supporting various Quality-of-Service (QoS) profiles. Long communication data delays (latencies) may degrade the performance or quality of processes, or may even be prohibitive. Strong security and privacy are major concerns for enterprises. For many enterprise applications, data exposure to the “cloud” cannot be tolerated. |
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Existing wireless digital network technology can roughly be categorized into two types of networks:
The obvious alternative would be to build the local network using Short Range Device (SRD) technologies such as WLAN (WiFi). However, due to operation in unlicensed spectrum, i.e. shared frequency bands, these technologies cannot sufficiently support mission-critical industrial applications. Also, building radio coverage for a large industrial campus may require a high number of Access Points, thus will be expensive.
Mobile Edge Cloud technology, more specifically Private LTE, takes the best of both. Through relocating mobile data processing from the network core to the edge, Private LTE
- Public networks, built and administered by operators and
- Private networks, built and administered by companies and individuals
The obvious alternative would be to build the local network using Short Range Device (SRD) technologies such as WLAN (WiFi). However, due to operation in unlicensed spectrum, i.e. shared frequency bands, these technologies cannot sufficiently support mission-critical industrial applications. Also, building radio coverage for a large industrial campus may require a high number of Access Points, thus will be expensive.
Mobile Edge Cloud technology, more specifically Private LTE, takes the best of both. Through relocating mobile data processing from the network core to the edge, Private LTE
- complements 3GPP mobile network technology with operational flexibility, low latency and strong privacy
- enables wireless connectivity in next-generation industrial networks – Industry 4.0
- is a step towards 5G
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