Assessing Long Distance Communication Alternatives for the Remote Control of AGVs

Ronal Bejarano; Roope Pääkkönen; Jan Olaf Blech; Ian Peake; Peter Herrmann; Valeriy Vyatkin

doi:10.1109/ETFA46521.2020.9211954

Assessing Long Distance Communication Alternatives for the Remote Control of AGVs

Ronal Bejarano, Roope Pääkkönen, Jan Olaf Blech, Ian Peake, Peter Herrmann, Valeriy Vyatkin

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Abstract

Remote monitoring and control of factory equipment promises a more streamlined and therefore less expensive system operation and maintenance. The geographical distance between a factory and its control center, however, may influence the Quality of Service parameters of the network connections which might stymie the overall control process. To get a better understanding of these potential issues and their impact, we conducted a series of measurements over varying distances for the remote control, operation and simulation of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) that are often used in modern factory environments. To achieve these tests, we defined three communication patterns reflecting local and remote connections as well as the usage of cloud-based services. Applying these patterns, we connected the Factory of the Future at the Aalto University in Finland with the VxLab at the RMIT University in Australia and the Microsoft Azure cloud in the Netherlands. This allowed us to measure important Quality of Service networking parameters for the communication over short, medium, and very long distances. In this paper, we present first empirical results and discuss their impact on the remote control of AGVs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2020
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	69-76
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728189567
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA46521.2020.9211954
Publication status	Published - Sept 2020
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation - Vienna, Austria Duration: 8 Sept 2020 → 11 Sept 2020 Conference number: 25 https://www.ieee-etfa.org/

Publication series

Name	Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Print)	1946-0740
ISSN (Electronic)	2379-9560

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
Abbreviated title	ETFA
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	08/09/2020 → 11/09/2020
Internet address	https://www.ieee-etfa.org/

Keywords

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs)
Cloud computing
Communication patterns
Operation and maintenance
Remote control
Virtual private networks (VPNs)

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Bejarano, R., Pääkkönen, R., Olaf Blech, J., Peake, I., Herrmann, P., & Vyatkin, V. (2020). Assessing Long Distance Communication Alternatives for the Remote Control of AGVs. In Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2020 (pp. 69-76). Article 9211954 (Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA46521.2020.9211954

Bejarano, Ronal ; Pääkkönen, Roope ; Olaf Blech, Jan et al. / Assessing Long Distance Communication Alternatives for the Remote Control of AGVs. Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2020. IEEE, 2020. pp. 69-76 (Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation).

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Bejarano, R, Pääkkönen, R, Olaf Blech, J, Peake, I, Herrmann, P & Vyatkin, V 2020, Assessing Long Distance Communication Alternatives for the Remote Control of AGVs. in Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2020., 9211954, Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, IEEE, pp. 69-76, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Vienna, Austria, 08/09/2020. https://doi.org/10.1109/ETFA46521.2020.9211954

Assessing Long Distance Communication Alternatives for the Remote Control of AGVs. / Bejarano, Ronal; Pääkkönen, Roope; Olaf Blech, Jan et al.
Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2020. IEEE, 2020. p. 69-76 9211954 (Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation).

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Bejarano R, Pääkkönen R, Olaf Blech J, Peake I, Herrmann P, Vyatkin V. Assessing Long Distance Communication Alternatives for the Remote Control of AGVs. In Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2020. IEEE. 2020. p. 69-76. 9211954. (Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation). doi: 10.1109/ETFA46521.2020.9211954

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