Enhancing automation in rail yards, depots and factories with LTE/5G private wireless

Summary

Industry 4.0 aims to connect the digital to the physical world and infuses it with intelligence. It will profoundly affect how industry sectors, including railways, will work in the future as it brings unprecedented levels of operational process automation, usage of digital applications/services, and secure and highly reliable connectivity.

Communications technologies, particularly wireless, play a key role in this digital transformation; however, wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi are often challenged to meet reliability and coverage demands in a dynamic rail yard environment. LTE/5G private wireless networks are key to unlocking new productivity gains. An LTE/5G private wireless network is a standalone network providing reliable pervasive connectivity focused on operational assets and users. It will enable modern railways to be more productive and prepared for the next age of Industry 4.0 technologies, that bring use cases such as automated shunting, connected workers, data showers, and convenient use of digital devices.

Topics Covered

Private LTE/5G technology and its benefits
Private wireless implementation considerations
Key use cases improving flexibility, efficiency, automation, security and safety
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Thomas Hainzel
Head of Digital Industries Evolution & Partnerships
Nokia

Thomas Hainzel leads the incubation, development and lifecycle management of digital industries and vertical solution portfolios for enterprises. With his team he also manages the global ecosystem partners in industries such as automotive & road, manufacturing, transportation (rail, aviation, maritime, space), logistics & retail, energy, oil & gas, mining, public safety, and defense. In the past Thomas held various leadership, project management, sales and business development roles at Nokia and A1 Telekom Austria. Based in Vienna/Austria, he comes with 13+ years of experience in the European telecommunications and enterprise market.

Stefan Weidmann
CTO Business Development Transportation EMEA
Nokia

Since June 2019, Stefan has held the position of CTO Business Development Transportation EMEA at Nokia in the Enterprise area. After concluding his studies of electrical engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich with a master’s degree, he started his professional career in 1990 as a development engineer in the field of process automation. After a two-year stay in the USA, where he was part-time working and part-time doing a master’s degree study, he joined Alcatel in 2000 in technical sales. This was followed by various management positions in areas of solution design, marketing, sales and key account management for Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent and finally Nokia.

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