Publication detail

Measurement and Analysis of 4G/5G Mobile Signal Coverage in a Heavy Industry Environment

POLÁK, L. KUFA, J. ŠOTNER, R. FRÝZA, T.

Original Title

Measurement and Analysis of 4G/5G Mobile Signal Coverage in a Heavy Industry Environment

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

In the evolving landscape of Industry 4.0, the integration of advanced wireless technologies into manufacturing processes holds the promise of unprecedented connectivity and efficiency. In particular, the data transmission in a heavy industry environment needs stable connectivity with mobile operators. This paper deals with the performance study of 4G and 5G mobile signal coverage within a complex factory environment. For this purpose, a cost-effective and portable measurement setup was realized and used to provide long-term measurement campaigns monitoring and recording several key parameter indicators (KPIs) in 4G/5G downlink and upload. To support the reproducibility of the provided study and other research activities, the measured dataset is publicly available for download. Among others findings, the obtained results show how the performance of 4G/5G is influenced by a heavy industry environment and of the time of day on the network load.

Keywords

4G; 5G; coverage mapping; industrial factory; key performance indicators; mobile networks

Authors

POLÁK, L.; KUFA, J.; ŠOTNER, R.; FRÝZA, T.

Released

15. 4. 2024

Publisher

MDPI

Location

BASEL

ISBN

1424-8220

Periodical

SENSORS

Year of study

24

Number

8

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

18

Pages count

18

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/8/2538

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/245526

BibTex

@article{BUT188547,
  author="Ladislav {Polák} and Jan {Kufa} and Roman {Šotner} and Tomáš {Frýza}",
  title="Measurement and Analysis of 4G/5G Mobile Signal Coverage in a Heavy Industry Environment",
  journal="SENSORS",
  year="2024",
  volume="24",
  number="8",
  pages="1--18",
  doi="10.3390/s24082538",
  issn="1424-8220",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/8/2538"
}