Solution Is Made Possible By Leveraging Cloud-Edge-Device Synergy
Bengaluru, NFAPost: Huawei launched the first 5G MEC-based Industrial Visual solution, the first of its kind solution from Huawei at the At PT Expo China 2020.
The solution leverages the cloud-edge-device synergy and lossless compression technologies which are key to efficiently reducing the bandwidth required to transmit HD images in the manufacturing industry, realising agile deployment and automatic O&M, and guaranteeing data security. It paves the way for wide application of the 5G MEC in the industrial vision industry.
Liu Zhi, VP of Huawei Packet Core Network product line, released 5G MEC industrial vision solution
The Huawei 5G MEC-based Industrial Vision solution encompasses the lossless compression-capable SDK, MEC platform (MEP), user plane functions (UPFs), lossless decompression service, and machine vision apps.
HD images
The lossless compression-capable SDK is integrated with 5G industrial cameras that work with the lossless decompression service on the MEC node. With this backing, these cameras can compress HD images of one-third to one-sixth of their original size, greatly reducing uplink bandwidth usage.
With high bandwidth, reliability, and connection density promised by 5G, the solution speeds up delivery of industry vision applications to customers in the manufacturing industry, installs industrial cameras without laying out cables, updates AI algorithms used on edge nodes and cameras in a prompt manner, and improves efficiency of flexible manufacturing and automation.
Huawei 5G MEC-based Industrial Vision Solution
For example, Microview released the first 5G MEC-based industrial cameras embedded with the above-mentioned Huawei SDK and 5G modules.
The cameras produce HD images with tens of millions of pixels, which it can then losslessly compress. This help reduce bandwidth for transmission and therefore allows customers to install more cameras in their factory, helping them adhere to requirements for automated quality inspection in the manufacturing industry.
Let’s look at the success of this initial tryout in terms of device-edge synergy. The lossless decompression service on the MEC node works with cameras using the lossless compression-capable SDK, and can perfect reconstruct images.
Industrial vision
Furthermore, Huawei 5G MEC-based Industrial Vision solution allows users to remotely set, control, upgrade, and maintain the cameras, and remotely update the lossless decompression algorithm according to service requirements.
In terms of cloud-edge synergy, Huawei 5G MEC allows users to run the industrial vision algorithm on computing nodes at the operators’ edge, providing dense computing power, reducing cost, and satisfying high data security requirements.
Huawei MEC nodes innovatively collaborate with the training platform on the cloud to periodically update the industrial vision algorithm, and manage algorithms used on different edge nodes in a unified manner, simplifying O&M.
The rise of new infrastructure construction fuels 5G MEC applications. The Huawei 5G MEC-based Industrial Vision solution has seen successful outcomes. This is a success for the 5G MEC industry. It will boost development of MEC applications, foster the 5G MEC ecosystem, and give impetus to 5G commercial use.
