Nokia DAC Wi-Fi will be available in the Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) end-to-end industrial-grade digitalisation platform.
Using the Nokia DAC Wi-Fi solution, organisations can tap into license-free spectrum to augment their private networks and support non-business-critical operational technology (OT) workflows, such as deskless workforce instructions and non-critical connections used to access machine maintenance data.
They can leverage Nokia DAC single cloud-based operations and management interface for all connectivity technologies, add plug and play private wireless 4.9G/LTE and 5G for real-time reliable connectivity, or boost capacity with Wi-Fi 6.
“The addition of Wi-Fi to Nokia’s private wireless and MX industrial edge solutions is a natural evolution that allows Nokia to offer enterprises a single platform that unifies Wi-Fi and 5G connectivity for the enterprises’ future Industry 4.0 needs.”
“With Nokia DAC Wi-Fi, we place connectivity choice firmly in the hands of our customers and offer a solution that best meets their digital transformation needs today and tomorrow.”
Nokia DAC Wi-Fi, available in the fourth quarter of 2022, illustrates deployment scenarios based on the unique needs of each customer:
Wireless connectivity for customers that would like to start with Wi-Fi 6/6E to cover their IT and non-business critical OT operations, with a seamless evolution option to private wireless at any point as the need evolves.
Wi-Fi 6/6E connectivity in addition to cellular private wireless networks to provide complementary capacity at hotspot locations for non-business critical operations.
The customer always gets the best connectivity as Nokia DAC Wi-Fi solution interwork with cellular private wireless networks and provide a seamless user experience by being always connected to the best layer.
Nokia MX Boost for private wireless running over Nokia MXIE can further improve connectivity depending on the use case requirements. Nokia MX Boost is a revolutionary innovation that allows companies to aggregate different radio technologies – such as private wireless and Wi-Fi - in order to get maximum performance benefits from all radio layers.
The Nokia DAC Wi-Fi connectivity solution comes with indoor and ruggedised outdoor access point variants supporting Wi-Fi 6 and 6E, as well as Wi-Fi management and authentication, authorisation, and accounting (AAA) functions.
It will be offered with a disruptive as-a-service subscription model in which the Access Points will be offered free of charge.
Nokia will be exhibiting at Hannover Messe 30.5-2.6.2022 in Hall 5, Booth E48.
Company executives will be on-hand to discuss Industry 4.0 transformation with industrial grade wireless connectivity solutions, built for factory operations.
Nokia will also have industry solution experts available to demonstrate the Nokia Digital Automation Cloud Wi-Fi connectivity solution.
This first appeared in the subscription newsletter CommsWire on 20 May 2022.
