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Combine Wi-Fi and 4.9G/5G private wireless for fail-safe operational uptime
Boost operational continuity by combining the power of your networks
Modern industrial enterprises need a flexible connectivity foundation to support diverse OT and IT needs. This requires a holistic industrial wireless connectivity strategy that leverages both Wi-Fi and 4.9G/5G private wireless networks to meet the demands of a wide range of critical and non-critical applications. Nokia MX Boost takes this a step further by combining these technologies into a single system, delivering powerful multi-layer connectivity. This unique approach enables simultaneous use of Wi-Fi and private wireless, ensuring your Industry 4.0 digitalization efforts are supported by a flexible and scalable solution that can handle even the most demanding applications.
No more trade-offs: Combining Wi-Fi and private wireless for business continuity
Enterprises can’t rely on a single technology to support their digital transformation needs. A holistic industrial wireless connectivity strategy ensures pervasive coverage and flexible connectivity options across your operation. This sets the foundation for successful digitalization and automation across critical and non-critical applications alike.
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Our purpose is to help you achieve your Industry 4.0 ambition and we believe our edge compute and AI platform for industries is a key driver to get you where you want to go faster. In fact, we believe so unwaveringly in the value of our edge platform and the combined power of Wi-Fi and private wireless it enables, that we are giving a Wi-Fi subscription away for free. Click the button below for the full offer details and conditions.
What problems are caused by poor industrial connectivity?
Poor industrial connectivity can lead to a series of challenges, leaving your operation vulnerable to everything from unreliable machine control and patchy IT services to systemic operational disruption and endangered worker safety. These challenges are especially prevalent in complex manufacturing, port terminal and mining operations where insufficient network capabilities can threaten the reliable operation of heavy industrial machinery or worker safety applications.
- Disrupted machine and vehicle operations leading to unplanned downtime
- Risk to worker health and safety
- Poor-performing IT services and non-critical OT applications
Nearly US $1.5 trillion
The cost of unplanned downtime to Fortune Global 500 companies, equating to 11% of their yearly turnover.
5.7 million
How many non-fatal incidents happened in the EU and the USA in 2021 alone. Industrial sites have the highest share of non-fatal accidents at 31.2%.
Only 20%
The percentage of industrial enterprises that believe Wi-Fi or public cellular networks are sufficient for their requirements.
Sources: 1) Siemens, 2) Eurostat, National Safety Council 3) GlobalData
Combine Wi-Fi and private wireless for improved machine control, safety and uptime
The diagram below shows how a robust, secure and high-performance connectivity foundation delivered by our MX Boost solution can solve a series of challenges and improve operational uptime for better productivity, efficiency and safety.
What role does Wi-Fi play in industrial operations?
Wi-Fi plays an important role in industrial operations and is often deeply embedded into an enterprise's infrastructure. And with the latest technology standard, Wi-Fi 7, enterprises benefit from significant performance improvements. That makes it a solid foundation for your IT services and non-critical OT applications from employee communications and asset tracking to content distribution for deskless workers - helping you deliver seamless operations and improved productivity and efficiency.
What is Wi-Fi 7?
Wi-Fi 7 is the newest generation of Wi-Fi technology, delivering major advances in speed, capacity, security and reliability compared to older standards like Wi-Fi 5. Designed to handle high-density environments, it offers enhanced performance and scalability, making it ideal for industrial enterprises seeking to connect IT systems and non-critical operational technologies. Wi-Fi 7 is backward compatible with previous standards, including Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 5.
How do Wi-Fi and 4.9G/5G private wireless complement each other?
Mission-critical 4.9G/5G private wireless uniquely complements your Wi-Fi network by helping you support the more extreme connectivity requirements that new Industry 4.0 use cases place on your network. Wi-Fi has high spectrum bandwidth availability and, under the right conditions, provides significant data capacity advantages. However, the technology does have some inherent limitations that make it inappropriate for critical applications, such as a susceptibility to interference and performance drops with increasing numbers of connected devices and machines. This is where private wireless steps up. 4.9G/5G offers considerably better coverage, reliability, mobility and stable latency to your operation, with predictable performance and a high Quality of Service (QoS).
Combining these networks together creates a powerful industrial multi-layer connectivity solution that lets you benefit from the best of both technologies: the mission-critical capabilities of private wireless, and the extra capacity boost of Wi-Fi.
What are the benefits of industrial multi-layer connectivity?
Industrial multi-layer connectivity brings significant benefits to your operation. Combining different technologies – including legacy Wi-Fi – into a single, powerful, optimized wireless system means you always have the right connectivity solution in place. You enjoy pervasive coverage across your connected operation with all the capacity, reliability, latency and mobility you need to keep your systems up and running, non-stop. With Nokia MX Boost, you can optimize network performance depending on your different use case needs:
Exponential capacity
Say goodbye to sketchy and unstable video-based operations: increased data capacity supports extremely resource-hungry applications such as video-assisted and remote-controlled machine operations.
Improve video-based machine operations with Nokia MX Boost
Ultra-high reliability
Seamless mobility
Say goodbye to sketchy and unstable video-based operations: increased data capacity supports extremely resource-hungry applications such as video-assisted and remote-controlled machine operations.
Improve video-based machine operations with Nokia MX Boost
Improved reliability and latency are ideal for life-critical safety use cases such as machine perimeter fencing and worker biometrics, as well as keeping your remote-controlled and autonomous machines up and running.
Smooth network handovers increase application uptime for everything from autonomous vehicles to remote-controlled machines and tools, with the assurance of uninterrupted communication.
Keep machines connected over different coverage areas with Nokia MX Boost
Proven mission-critical performance with multi-layer connectivity
With our Bell Labs-patented design to use multiple wireless technologies at the same time, we’re ensuring mission-critical communications for urban and metro rail operations worldwide. Our Train-to-Ground solution has been commercially deployed across four continents—including major metro systems in Paris and São Paulo, and national rail networks in Germany, Austria and Australia. Now, you can bring that same level of mission-critical performance to your industrial site.
Dive deeper into multi-layer connectivity
Video
Telefónica/O2 Business: Wi-Fi and private wireless work as one
Podcast
How to use the power of Wi-Fi and private wireless to boost digital transformation
One-stop wireless: Meet all your connectivity needs in one
Our experts can help you achieve your digitalization ambitions and get the most from your Industry 4.0 investment by identifying and deploying the right connectivity solution for every one of your changing use case and operational needs. That could include upgrading your legacy Wi-Fi to benefit from the newest generation on the market with Nokia DAC Wi-Fi 7. Our 4.9G/5G private wireless solution also provides robust, flexible and pervasive connectivity for your business- and mission-critical OT applications. Or you may have extreme connectivity requirements that demand the combination of both networking technologies – with MX Boost, you get a powerful multi-layer connectivity system that does exactly that and ensures frictionless, future-proof performance across all your IT and OT applications.
Beyond connectivity: accelerate your digitalization journey with our Nokia edge compute and AI platform
Connectivity solutions are only one part of your digital transformation. Our Edge Compute and AI platform also comes with access to DAC Marketplace, so you can easily deploy industrial applications and devices from Nokia and trusted ecosystem companies. This reduces deployment complexity and time-to-value. Our edge platform is provided as a service and keeps data secure and on-premises, empowering you to launch innovative digitalization and real-world AI use cases.
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