4.2.
Enabling private networks
for Industry 4.0 and beyond
There have been three types of spectrum so far:
National strategic licensed spectrum has been used for example by the army, emergency services or in
TV broadcasting. It is allocated and used nation-wide.
Non-licensed spectrum has been used for example for WiFi, TV remote control or personal drones, but also in
many other use cases. In most instances it is used locally, but rarely it can be used nation-wide, for example to create
WiFi hot spots on trains.
Commercial licensed spectrum has so far been used mainly by the wireless industry. It is allocated and used
nation-wide.
Technically, spectrum can also be divided into four categories, based on localization of its use and the licensing approach,
see Fig. 21.
Fig. 21 | Different ways of using spectrum
COUNTRY-WIDE
rare examples such as train
companies using WiFi
army, emergency services, TV
broadcasting, mobile networks
LOCAL
WiFi, TV remote control, personal
drone
NEW PRIVATE NETWORKS
OPPORTUNITY
UNLICENSED
LICENSED
Source: Digiteccs Associates
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