A Square Peg in a Round Hole: The Complex Path for Wireless in the Manufacturing Industry
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The manufacturing industry is at the edge of the fourth industrial revolution, a paradigm of integrated architectures in which the entire production chain (composed of machines, workers, and products) is intrinsically connected. Wireless technologies can add further value in this manufacturing revolution. However, we identify some signs which indicate that wireless technology could be left out of the next generation of smart factory equipment. This is particularly relevant considering that the heavy machinery characteristic of this sector can last for decades. We argue that at the core of this issue there is a mismatch between industrial needs and the interests of academic and partly academic sectors (e.g., standardization bodies). We base our claims on surveys from renowned advisory firms and interviews with industrial actors, which we contrast with results from content analysis of scientific articles. Finally, we propose some convergence paths that, while still retaining the degree of novelty required for academic purposes, are more aligned with industrial concerns.
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There is a substantial gap between existing IT and OT domains which makes the IIoT environment more vulnerable to existing security issues.
“There is a substantial gap between the existing information technology and operational technology (IT/OT) domains which makes the IIoT environment more vulnerable to existing security issues [5,6,7,8,9,10].”
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The paper describes interoperability problems with legacy industrial equipment (B. Undervalued industrial interests, p. 4) and security risks from wireless connections (D. Security, p. 3). It does not identify a substantial IT/OT-domain gap or say that such a gap makes IIoT more vulnerable to security issues. (LLM, conf=0.79)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredImplementing SIEM and SOAR tools at the ICS/SCADA layer will provide insights on the reactive approach to detect, prevent, and quickly recover from ICS attacks/failures.
“Implementing SIEM and SOAR tools at this layer will provide insights on the reactive approach to detect, prevent, and quickly recover from ICS attacks/failures [8].”
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The Security section (p. 3) discusses risks from wireless connections in factories, and Materializing security (p. 6) discusses secure wireless communications. Searches for SIEM, SOAR, ICS/SCADA, and incident response found no passage addressing whether those tools enable detection, prevention, or rapid recovery from ICS attacks or failures. (LLM, conf=0.75)
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“[8] highlights ICS concerns (i.e., gaps between legacy equipment and new communications systems (retrofitting, interoperability, and reliability issues) between industrial requirements and wireless standards).”
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- Authors
- Martinez, B., Cano, C., & Vilajosana, X.
- Affiliations
- Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (ES)
- Venue
- IEEE Communications Magazine
- Published
- 2019-04
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 109-115
- ISSN
- 0163-6804 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-1896
- OpenAlex
- W2886133366
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 4
- FWCI
- 4.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Licence
- Locations
- IEEE Communications Magazine (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Digital Transformation in Industry
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Control and Systems Engineering › Industrial Automation and Control Systems
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced Data and IoT Technologies
- Keywords
- wireless technology, manufacturing industry, Industry 4.0, smart factory, industry standardization, technology adoption, heavy machinery
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