5G Meets Construction Machines: Towards a Smart Working Site

Yusheng Xiang, Bing Xu, Tianqing Su, Christine Brach, Samuel S. Mao, Marcus Geimer

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Abstract

The fleet management of mobile working machines with the help of connectivity can increase safety and productivity. Although in our previous study, we proposed a solution to use IEEE 802.11p to achieve the fleet management of construction machines, the shortcoming of WIFI may limit the usage of this technology in some cases. Alternatively, the fifth-generation mobile networks (5G) have shown great potential to solve the problems. Thus, as the world's first academic paper quantitatively investigating 5G and construction machines' cooperation, we demonstrated the scenarios where 5G can have a significant effect on the construction machines industry. Also, based on the simulation we made in ns 3, we compared the performance of 4G and 5G for the most relevant construction machines scenarios. Last but not least, we showed the feasibility of remote-control and self-working construction machines with the help of 5G.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publication2021 International Conference on Computing and Communications Applications and Technologies, I3CAT 2021 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages28-35
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781665424417
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event2021 International Conference on Computing and Communications Applications and Technologies, I3CAT 2021 - Ipswich, United Kingdom
Duration: 15 Sep 202116 Sep 2021

Publication series

Name2021 International Conference on Computing and Communications Applications and Technologies, I3CAT 2021 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2021 International Conference on Computing and Communications Applications and Technologies, I3CAT 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityIpswich
Period15/09/2116/09/21

Keywords

  • 5G
  • LTE
  • mm Wave
  • Remote control
  • Self-working construction machinery
  • Smart working site

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