The WLAN standard IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) and 5G are driving wireless mobile communications in the industrial environment.

Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, “5G and Edge Computing—Cloud Workloads Shifting to the Edge, Forecast to 2024”, finds that edge computing is a foundational technology for industrial enterprises as it offers shorter latencies, robust security, responsive data collection, and lower costs.

The OPC Foundation, in collaboration with CESMII, has announced the launch of a OPC UA Cloud Library Joint Working Group (JWG).

Moving computing from the cloud to the edge increases the performance, trustworthiness and efficiency of industrial IoT applications, according to a technical report from the Industrial Internet Consortium.

Uniform positioning standard for industrial products from different vendors is now available. PI (PROFIBUS & PROFINET International) will be handling worldwide coordination and technology management.

APL and its Field Level Communications (FLC) initiative is a critically important piece of technology in the strategy to expand OPC UA to all use cases and requirements in factory and process automation.

Cooperation to speed up Field Level Communications (FLC) initiative is backed by proven technologies from established organizations.

Standardized OPC UA object model for PROFINET enables devices from a wide variety of different manufacturers to transfer device data to asset management systems in a standardized way.

IIC announces new LTE for metro testbed, a working agreement with the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation and software best practices for developing and deploying IIoT solutions.

The market for 5G cellular connections in manufacturing is expected to reach US$10.8 billion by 2030, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 187%, according to the global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research.