The project “Resilient communication systems for secure and flexible production systems” (RePro) aims to develop a resilient and high-performance network processing infrastructure for automated, flexible production environments. Today's campus networks offer solutions for singular requirements such as low latency, high reliability, high data rates through targeted configuration of the numerology of the network parameters. However, the possibilities of adaptive intelligent data processing for the provision and resilience of communication are not sufficiently taken into account. In contrast, the hybrid communication system architecture in RePro is developed with control mechanisms that efficiently utilise the available network resources and dynamically adapt to the high quality requirements of highly automated and flexible production systems. The focus here is on economic as well as ecological and socially sustainable target criteria from the production. In order to achieve application-specific and highly adaptive resilience, the system platform can utilise technologies for both intrinsic and extrinsic resilience generation.
Project duration: 01.01.2023 - 31.03.2026
Funding provider: BMBF – Fördermaßnahme FoP-KOM: Resilienz - Widerstandsfähige digitale Systeme
Project management: VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH
The planned funding project addresses the funding guideline "Resilienz – Widerstandsfähige digitale Systeme" in the research programme for communication systems "Souverän. Digital. Vernetzt.". The funding project will address the following research aspects:
The project is investigating the resilience and reliability of systems (failure and attack resistance), the sustainability, flexibility and modularity of the systems as well as for example the potential savings in storage and transport costs.
As part of the RePro research project, two specific use cases are being analysed in more detail. In the first use case, the focus is on resilient communication system in the final assembly of a car manufacturer. In particular, the communication between autonomous driving vehicles, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and the assembly and manufacturing steps in production is being analysed. The second use case deals with communication in innovative, circular production processes within flexible and modular production environments.
Both use cases lead to the development of a decision support system in order to implement a needs-based, resilient communication system in production environments. The resulting decision support enables users to choose from different standards (IEEE, 3GPP, ...) and technological variants (5G, 6G, WiFi, LoRa, ...) in order to keep the communication system stable. A continuous risk assessment with dynamic security configuration automatically evaluates the security of the system. A contribution to the standardisation of the systems will be made through the development of certification systems.