A Survey of Network Automation for Industrial Internet-of-Things Towards Industry 5.0

Hao Ran Chi, Chung Kit Wu, Nen-Fu Huang, Kim-Fung Tsang, Ayman Radwan*

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Abstract

Network automation has been bred by the deployment of 5G based Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT) in Industry 4.0, and further approaching pervasive AI and human-robot-interaction/-collaboration towards 6G based Industry 5.0. Hitherto, to the best of the authors knowledge, research efforts are still required to provide a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art network automation technologies for IIoT in 5G-based Industry 4.0 and summary of challenges for next-generation network automation regarding the stricter network requirements of 6G based Industry 5.0. Therefore, in this article, we conduct a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art network automation technologies, standardizations, and corresponding impact on IIoT of Industry 4.0. We also forecast the next-generation network automation development towards 6G-based Industry 5.0. This article provides blueprint of the next-generation network automation, meanwhile conducting comprehensive overview of the SoA network automation technologies in Industry 4.0, which gains high referable value for the researchers in the relative domain.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2065-2077
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
Volume19
Issue number2
Online published17 Oct 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2023

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UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Research Keywords

  • 5G mobile communication
  • 6G mobile communication
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Automation
  • Fourth Industrial Revolution
  • Industrial Internet of Things
  • Industrial Internet-of-Things
  • Industries
  • Industry 5.0
  • Network automation
  • Next generation networking

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