Publication No 40714

Author(s)

Govindaraj, K.; Grewe, D.; Artemenko, A.; Kirstädter, A.*

Title

Towards Zero Factory Downtime: Edge Computingand SDN as Enabling Technologies

Abstract

uture factory automation systems are expected toprocess vast amounts of data and orchestrate complex cyber-physical components. Edge Computing (EC) is a promisingapproach to address the requirements set by upcoming industrialsystems. While EC caters to the computation requirements, itrequires a solution to perform flexible network managementof these computation resources. Software-Defined Networking(SDN) is a promising candidate to tackle such challenges. Whilemost of the related work on EC and SDN focuses on multimediaor automotive applications, this paper presents the relevance ofboth paradigms for industrial applications. By introducing twomost prominent industrial use cases, namelyproactive systemsurveillanceandintelligent technical assistance, this paper dis-cusses the challenges involved and proposes a solution spacefor realizing these applications using the combination of ECand SDN. Furthermore, it presents future research directionsregarding the combination of both paradigms in the context offactory automation.

Year

2018

Reference entry

Govindaraj, K.; Grewe, D.; Artemenko, A.; Kirstädter, A.
Towards Zero Factory Downtime: Edge Computingand SDN as Enabling Technologies
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Mobile Edge Networks and Systems for Immersive Computing and IoT (MobiEdge'18), At Limassol, October 2018, pp. 285-290

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