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(4) Interaction between ECNs, user
information synchronization, control and
orchestration
pre-identify the faults which will reduce the
maintenance expenditure.
(2) Security in preventive maintenance
In some scenarios, the ECNs need to work in
a cooperative way. For instance, at night,
lamps need to increase their brightness
when vehicles and pedestrians approach to
improve safety and decrease the brightness
when they leave to save energy. This process
is expected to be continuous, especially the
handover between two ECNs. Based on the
headings, velocities and positions, an ECN
can predict the next ECN that the vehicle will
pass and remind the latter to get ready for
handover.
Malfunction reporting and data uploading
should be authenticated and encrypted. On-
site engineers must also be authenticated,
then authorized to access to maintain and
repair.
Indoor Location Tracking
(1) Network bandwidth
High local network bandwidth (with
reasonably low latency <100 MS) and
provisions for backhaul to a local processing
node with sufficient compute to allow the
calculations necessary will be needed.
Smart Elevator
In addition to cloud offloading and privacy,
and interaction between ECNs functionality,
as described in the smart city lighting use
case, the smart elevator use case would
require:
(2) Provisioning
The ability to add this capacity seamlessly
within existing and future networks should be
provided.
(3) Edge compute power
(1) Diagnosis and predictive maintenance
The local processing node should have a
level of processing capability equating to, at
time of publication, a server class machine.
This can be achieved either by dedicated
hardware or better via containerization
within spare capacity on existing general
purpose servers, or if future developments
allow on an embedded compute node.
Elevator safety is paramount, and fault
detection and maintenance is critically
important. Currently, on-site maintenance
requires highly trained personnel using
advanced tool sets to diagnose and repair,
which leads to extra expense in staff training
and equipping. Moreover, it often takes a
considerable amount of time to identify the
fault and find the corresponding soluti on.
Lone Worker Safety
(1) Power efficiency
Autonomous, accurate and timely diagnosis
helps locate the malfunction once it
happens; while predictive maintenance
gives the alert before malfunctions occurs.
Both of these mechanisms will help to
improve the safety of the elevator and help
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The footprint required for the location
equipment is bulky due to the
power/antenna requirements of current
systems as well as the power requirements
for maintaining GPS operation.
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