As a key component of the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) require enhanced ultra-reliable and low-latency communications, which may not be guaranteed under the first (Release 15) 5G communications standard called New Radio (NR), defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Recently, 3GPP Release 16 NR standardization has been completed, and a large subset of new features targets evolution of existing NR standards for various vertical applications. It includes the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Work Item, which aims to define enabling technologies to fulfill the stringent and time-sensitive requirements of RAS applications. In this article, we outline newly introduced key technical features of IIoT in NR and how they enable new RAS applications.

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3GPP 新无线电版本 16：工业物联网 5G 的演进


作为第四次工业革命（工业 4.0）、机器人和自主系统 (RAS) 的关键组成部分，需要增强的超可靠和低延迟通信，而第一个（第 15 版）称为 New Radio 的 5G 通信标准可能无法保证这一点（ NR），由第三代合作伙伴项目（3GPP）定义。最近，3GPP Release 16 NR 标准化已经完成，大量新功能的目标是针对各种垂直应用的现有 NR 标准的演进。它包括工业物联网 (IIoT) 工作项目，旨在定义支持技术以满足 RAS 应用严格且对时间敏感的要求。在本文中，我们概述了 NR 中新引入的 IIoT 关键技术特性以及它们如何支持新的 RAS 应用。