Improving Safety: Due to their heavy workloads, traditional port gantry crane operators are prone to fatigue and potential safety hazards in field operations. In order to ensure a 24-hour operation, the workforce of machine operators has been highly demanded. However, the remote control of gantry cranes allows operators to work in an operating room, which avoids potential safety hazards during aerial operation.

Improving Productivity: Adopting the private 5G network can help achieve the remote control of gantry cranes, convert AGV to IGV, and arrange high-definition cameras on essential occasions to save repeated effort by sending back real-time data.

Thanks to the large bandwidth, low latency, and wide connection of the private 5G network, the cost is greatly reduced with high-definition cameras, signal acquisition sensors, and other IoT devices.

Traditional ports use wired networks for functions such as data collection, signal reception, and image feedback. However, the bloated network and the numerous cables make it hard to locate faults effectively and quickly. In comparison, by adopting wireless coverage, there are only the core network, BBU, AAU and 5G terminals in the intermediate nodes of the private 5G network, making the faults clear to locate.