5G Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications in Factory Automation Leveraging Licensed and Unlicensed Bands.

Factory automation (FA) applies ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC) to support closed-loop control systems with millisecond cycle times. Presently, many of these applications rely on maintenance-prone wireline bus systems since existing wireless technologies cannot meet the stringent latency and outage requirements. The cellular standards body, the Third Generation Partnership Projec...