@inproceedings{9270, abstract = {{As 5G and network function virtualization (NFV) are maturing, it becomes crucial to demonstrate their feasibility and benefits by means of vertical scenarios. While 5GPPP has identified smart manufacturing as one of the most important vertical industries, there is still a lack of specific, practical use cases. Using the experience from a large-scale manufacturing company, Weidm{\"u}ller Group, we present a detailed use case that reflects the needs of real-world manufacturers. We also propose an architecture with specific network services and virtual network functions (VNFs) that realize the use case in practice. As a proof of concept, we implement the required services and deploy them on an emulation-based prototyping platform. Our experimental results indicate that a fully virtualized smart manufacturing use case is not only feasible but also reduces machine interconnection and configuration time and thus improves productivity by orders of magnitude.}}, author = {{Schneider, Stefan Balthasar and Peuster, Manuel and Behnke, Daniel and Marcel, Müller and Bök, Patrick-Benjamin and Karl, Holger}}, booktitle = {{European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC)}}, keywords = {{5g, vertical, smart manufacturing, nfv}}, publisher = {{IEEE}}, title = {{{Putting 5G into Production: Realizing a Smart Manufacturing Vertical Scenario}}}, doi = {{10.1109/eucnc.2019.8802016}}, year = {{2019}}, } @inproceedings{13292, abstract = {{Building on 5G and network function virtualization (NFV), smart manufacturing has the potential to drastically increase productivity, reduce cost, and introduce novel, flexible manufacturing services. Current work mostly focuses on high-level scenarios or emulation-based prototype deployments. Extending our previous work, we showcase one of the first cloud-native 5G verticals focusing on the deployment of smart manufacturing use cases on production infrastructure. In particular, we use the 5GTANGO service platform to deploy our developed network services on Kubernetes. For this demo, we implemented a series of cloud-native virtualized network functions (VNFs) and created suitable service descriptors. Their light-weight, stateless deployment on Kubernetes enables quick instantiation, scalability, and robustness.}}, author = {{Schneider, Stefan Balthasar and Peuster, Manuel and Hannemann, Kai and Behnke, Daniel and Müller, Marcel and Bök, Patrick-Benjamin and Karl, Holger}}, booktitle = {{IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN) Demo Track}}, keywords = {{5G, NFV, Smart Manufacturing, Cloud-Native, Kubernetes}}, location = {{Dallas, TX, USA}}, publisher = {{IEEE}}, title = {{{"Producing Cloud-Native": Smart Manufacturing Use Cases on Kubernetes}}}, year = {{2019}}, }