Phoenix Contact, Quectel and Ericsson have jointly developed the first industrial 5G router for local industrial applications in a private 5G network.
This 5G router allows industrial applications such as machinery, controllers and other devices to now be connected to a private 5G network and thus coordinated in their resource utilization, prioritization and behavior.
It offers a decisive advantage over previous radio solutions that mostly use unlicensed radio bands according to the best effort principle and have to accept power losses when the radio spectrum is heavily occupied.
For this development, the three companies have combined their strengths: Phoenix Contact as a manufacturer of WLAN, Bluetooth and mobile routers for industrial applications, Quectel as a global supplier of mobile radio and GNSS modules, and Ericsson as a network supplier and 5G technology development company.
Thanks to the collaboration established early on, they were able to quickly develop a solution that could deliver industrial-grade performance on private 5G networks.
As part of the collaboration between Quectel, Phoenix Contact and Ericsson, extensive interoperability testing was conducted in the Ericsson lab to ensure reliable industrial performance of the 5G router.
The experience gained is of great importance to Ericsson when it comes to offering 5G solutions for the industry together with mobile network operators.
In addition, all three companies have been working closely together to enable Industry 4.0 applications with this autonomous 5G private network.
