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Operational Technology – Highly proprietary hardware & software: Expensive, inflexible, not ready for digitalisation

Sequence Number 7 Industry Energy Banner Operational Technology – Highly proprietary hardware & software: Expensive, inflexible, not ready for digitalisation How 5G enabled

5G communication will complement OPA-based control systems, enabling standardised integration of IT and OT elements

Data Flows
Title Devices Icon Peranti Description
  • Wide range of sensors in an OT environment
  • Increasing the number of IT connected sensors for non-highly critical activities.
Title Connectivity Icon Connectivity Description
  • OT: Currently proprietary based but moving towards 5G
  • Transmitted over open standards such as 5G on a reliable and secure network
Title Edge Compute Icon Edge Compute Description
  • Latency critical data could be stored and processed at the edge
  • Focus on operational critical decisions
Title Cloud Compute & Storage Icon Cloud Compute & Storage Description
  • All data to be stored in Enterprise storage
Title Applications & Services Icon Applications & Services Description
  • AI (ML) based apps for IT based data covering predictive maintenance
  • Expect that OT based decisions are time critical
Title Inform Decision Makers Icon Inform Decision Makers Description
  • Standardised reports, insights with automation of critical alerts
Title Support Decision Making Icon Support Decision Making Description
  • End of process
Application Logic
Description
  • The OT space includes all critical operational critical elements of a plant. OT devices are often driven by proprietary hardware & software
  • Aim for IT connected sensors given much lower costs and more flexibility
  • Non-critical work all moves to IT
Description
  • 5G and open standards based (e.g., OPAF) technology in OT will present opportunities for new hardware and software based on industry standard solutions
  • Bandwidth guarantees and minimal latency allows 5G to be the first open technology to be used for OT type traffic
Description
  • Open standards across IT and OT will take unification of data to the next level
  • Allowing AI systems to gain visibility and control even in OT areas leads to broader usage of predictive maintenance and leakage detection
Expected benefits Key value created