Towards Industry 5.0: Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) in smartmanufacturing

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2022-07-04
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Noor-A-Rahim, Md.
Firyaguna, Fadhil.
Jobish, John
Khyam, M. Omar
Armstrong, Dirk P.E.
Claussen, Holger
Poor, H. Vincent
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10.1109/MCOM.001.2200016
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Industry 5.0 envisions close cooperation between humans and machines requiring ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC). The Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) has the potential to play a crucial role in realizing wireless URLLC for Industry 5.0. IRS is forecast to be a key enabler of 6G wireless communication networks as it can significantly improve wireless network performance by creating a controllable radio environment. In this paper, we first provide an overview of IRS technology and then conceptualize the potential for IRS implementation in a future smart manufacturing environment to support the emergence of Industry 5.0 with a series of applications. Finally, to stimulate future research in this area, we discuss the strength, open challenges, and opportunities of IRS technology in modern smart manufacturing.
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Fourth Industrial Revolution , Industrial Internet of Things , Industries , Service robots , Smart manufacturing , Wireless networks , Wireless sensor networks
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Noor-A-Rahim, Md., Firyaguna, F., Jobish, J., Khyam, M. O., Armstrong, D. P. E., Claussen, H., and Poor, H. V. (2022) 'Towards Industry 5.0: Intelligent Reflecting Surface (IRS) in Smart Manufacturing', IEEE Communications Magazine, (7 pp). doi: 10.1109/MCOM.001.2200016
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