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Manufacturing powered by AGVs, AMRs and other autonomous robots

Come on a journey to discover how truly pervasive wireless connectivity radically improves productivity, reduces downtime and increases operational efficiencies.

AGV/AMR
Autonomous fork lifts
Holter trucks
BOTS in an automated distribution center

What are customers losing because of poor wireless connectivity in their business?

Reliable connectivity is essential for the dispatch and control of AGV and AMR operations. When faced with poor connectivity, AGVs will simply stall due to safety considerations, causing disruption to factory operations costing tens of thousands of dollars each hour. Dense shelving structures, multi-level operation, and high electro-magnetic radiation make manufacturing floors a very challenging space where traditional wireless technologies like Wi-Fi struggle to operate reliably.

Real-world AGV use case progresses from Wi-Fi to Celona 5G LAN

400
active AGVs
61k
handovers per day
Outcome
>115 ms
avg attach time
<98 msec
handover time
1/4th the handover time of Wi-Fi (450msec)
>98%
successful handovers
1/10th the failures of Wi-Fi
400
active AGVs
61k
handovers per day
Outcome
>98%
successful handovers
1/10th the failures of Wi-Fi
>115ms
Avg attach time
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<110 msec
handover time
1/4th the handover time of Wi-Fi

Comparing Wi-Fi vs Celona 5G LAN

Proficient AGV/AMR operation – a typical concern for our customers

The Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) market is valued at $4.79 billion, growing 9.7% annually*. Driven by increased productivity, reduced labor costs, and product damage, as well as being critical for use in hazardous environments.

Reliable connectivity is essential for the dispatch and control of AGV and AMR operations. There are persistent challenges that any modern manufacturing enterprise will face when relying on a network that’s not purpose-built for industrial environments.

 

Reliable coverage

AGVs and robotic systems require consistent connectivity across all areas of the manufacturing facility, both indoors and outdoors, enabling uninterrupted communication and control regardless of location.

Celona 5G LAN provides reliable coverage with a fraction of the APs

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Wi-Fi

  • Increased equipment and installation costs
  • Dead spots despite adding more APs due to co-channel interference
  • Poor AGV experience, with disruption & downtime costs
  • Outdoor yard installation requires trenching and cabling costs.

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Celona 5G LAN

  • Better signal penetration/coverage
  • 1/5th the number of indoor Wi-Fi APs
  • 1/10th the number of outdoor Wi-Fi APs
  • A single outdoor AP can cover more than a million square feet
  • Lower installation costs/TCO.
 

Latency

Minimizes delays in data transmission for real-time communication and control, avoiding collisions during autonomous operation. This reduces data buffering/loss, enabling prompt responses and synchronized operations among devices

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Wi-Fi

When multiple AGVs connect to a single AP:
  • Inconsistent latency with Wi-Fi due to contentions and collisions
  • Poor QoS, as it is not infrastructure managed, but rather device managed.

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Celona 5G LAN

 

Mobility

Ensures AGVs and robots can roam freely across large indoor and outdoor spaces, while staying connected, facilitating efficient coordination and task execution in the manufacturing environment.

Wi-Fi

  • “Make & Break” AP handoff failures occur often
  • Connection delays due to contention with other AGVs
  • AGV stops when unable to connect due to safety reasons.
  • Leads to a cascade of stoppage of other AGVs.

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Celona 5G LAN

  • Robust connection, and seamless handoffs
  • Load balancing between APs
  • Managed by infrastructure not by the AGV
  • No contention between devices.

Scalability

Does the network accommodate scaling of AGV deployment from a handful to hundreds?

Wi-Fi

  • Inefficient UL/DL bandwidth utilization” for Wi-Fi
  • The split  between the AGVs  is unfair
  • Wi-Fi is contention based and managing fairness is an issue.

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Celona 5G LAN

  • Efficient UL/DL bandwidth utilization
  • Available bandwidth is fairly distributed across all the AGVs connecting to an AP
  • TDD scheduling in Celona 5G LAN allows for more consistent sharing.

Security

We offer the industry’s most comprehensive suite of security capabilities across the full IP protocol stack, giving you the highest levels of user confidentiality and data privacy possible from the RAN across the enterprise L2/L3 LAN. 5G LAN also supports zero-trust strategies.

  • Granular end-end traffic segmentation
  • Strong encryption of data in transit and at rest
  • Tight integration with existing enterprise firewalls
  • Certificate-based mutual authentication for AP & Edge
  • Strong device identification and authentication
  • Direct accessibility to non-cellular endpoints with Supernetting
  • Consistent policy enforcement with static IP address pools
  • Secure user authentication standards (SAML).
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Granular end-end traffic segmentation for a single, or group of AGVs, that can be mapped into pre-defined enterprise network segments such as secured VLAN

Full visibility to assign IP addresses and extend security policies to AGVs connecting natively or behind cellular gateways.

SIM/eSIM based device (AGV) identification and authentication

Full stack L1-L7, physical layer data encryption

Private 5G LAN by Celona

Purpose built for industrial use cases

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*https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/automated-guided-vehicle-agv-market