The wireless coverage in production areas can hardly be achieved by external antennas due to the presence of massive metal structures and of large volumes of water-based products
Instead, a large number of hot spots, routers or repeaters are necessary
The wiring of a large number of hotspots is expensive and has to be coordinated with the 24/7 operation of the plants (not practicable)
Chemical plants are often also in APEX category 1 or 2 and require special versions of hotspots to be installed
5G, working at even higher frequencies, is expected to offer even shorter signal penetration and therefore a larger number of hotspots
First initiatives within company
Traditional WLAN installed in several plants
Need for support
Ideas to implement the known technology in a new way or ideas that base on completely new technologies
Innovative solutions to drastically (rather than marginally) reduce the number of hot spots required for coverage
