Field environments

Coastal port

Coastal radar and AIS watch the approach, a met-ocean buoy reports the sea state, and crane-side edge compute closes the control loop on a private network.

Network scenes here: Private 5G at a container port

Tour transcript

1. A container berth: cranes on the quay, a vessel alongside, the approach channel beyond.
2. Each crane closes its control loop through the private cell to edge compute on the quay.
3. Coastal radar and AIS reports meet on the edge, so the berth sees every arrival.
4. The buoy reports the sea state at the approach.
5. Red links carry the protocol: join, time, observe, publish.

In this scene

Crane control loop

Remote crane operation needs a few milliseconds of radio latency and an edge that never leaves the port. (3GPP TS 22.104, IEC 62443)

coastal-radar

Tracks vessels and squalls on the approach; fused with AIS reports on the edge. (ITU-R M.1371 (AIS), IALA)

met-buoy

Wind, waves, pressure and water temperature at the berth approach, reported every few minutes. (WMO BUFR, IOOS QARTOD)

Massive-MIMO AAU ×3

One private cell for cranes, straddle carriers, cameras and the buoy uplink. (3GPP Rel-17 NR, CBRS / local licensing)