From "two-hour manual tour inspection" to "minute-scale intelligent tour inspection"—what powers this efficiency leap?
Recently, CCTV-12 featured a special report on the production-specific 5G wireless network project at Jiangsu Lianyungang Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant. The report notes that this Project is an important initiative in implementing China's national strategic deployment for scaled 5G application. Jointly developed by China Mobile, CNPE, AsiaInfo Technologies and others, this Project represents another "100 million-level" initiative successfully delivered by AsiaInfo Technologies in the energy industry. It plays a vital role in safeguarding and enhancing the production and operation efficiency of nuclear power plant.
Figure: CCTV reports Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant's private 5G network
01 Jointly deploying private 5G network with partners to safeguard critical national infrastructure and break through the "impossible triangle"
The Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant, located in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, is the world's largest one in terms of both "in-service and under-construction" installed capacity. As a typical model of high-quality nuclear energy development, it provides a critical safeguard for China's energy security and the achievement of "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" goals.
The production-specific 5G wireless network at Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant has achieved significant application results across multiple domains: In terms of digital overhaul, it leverages 5G-powered digital work packages to carry out intelligent overhaul management and enhance overhaul efficiency & quality; in terms of smart operation platform development, it integrates system flowcharts, operational documents and equipment status databases, and uses AI algorithms to ensure precision in complex tasks like operational isolation and online system monitoring, thereby improving security and stability; it builds 5G+ security protection network, and combines facial recognition, electronic fence, intelligent video analysis and other technologies to achieve plant-wide security monitoring, intelligent early-warning and auxiliary decision-making; through 5G+BIM technology, it enables full-process engineering management to build smart construction site; and based on 5G, it implements unmanned smart operation, intelligent tour inspection, smart warehousing and other applications.
Additionally, AsiaInfo Technologies has developed industry-tailored base station specifically engineered for the harsh and special environments within nuclear island and operational workshop, which not only meets the requirements for radiation resistance, high scalability, premium performance, and industrial-grade reliability but also fully complies with the electromagnetic compatibility standards in the nuclear industry. Leveraging proprietary core network, converged network management system, integrated operation platform and specialized one-stop service, it achieves deep adaptation and efficient coordination in nuclear power production, management and maintenance, and precisely satisfies full-scenario full-link requirements for nuclear power.
Currently, the production-specific 5G wireless network comprehensively supports mobile communication, data transmission, personnel positioning, voice-video calls, self-service terminal management, IoT connectivity, video access and other demands across Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant's production areas (including nuclear island, conventional island and auxiliary system building) and plant-front areas (including office building, training center, document center, etc.), and achieves seamless intercommunication between private 5G network and nuclear power internal network alongside full indoor/outdoor interconnection across production and plant-front areas, laying a solid foundation for Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant to break through the "impossible triangle" concerning "security and stability, green and low carbon, and economic feasibility".
02 AsiaInfo Technologies — an expert in private 5G network!
AsiaInfo Technologies' private 5G network solutions for the energy industry are closely aligned with customer-specific service scenarios and individual demands. Centered on hardware/software products concerning private 5G network and integrated with technologies like AI, big data and edge computing, they have been extensively deployed across China's nuclear energy, thermal power, wind power, photovoltaic power, mining and other sectors after meeting the relevant national regulatory requirements.
Figure: AsiaInfo Technologies' private 5G network product portfolio
AsiaInfo Technologies' self-developed private 5G network product portfolio comprises private 5G network's base station, private core network, private network intelligent connecting product, 5G CPE, private 5G network operation platform, edge computing platform and other software/hardware products. All core network elements have obtained MIIT network access licenses, applicable to independent networking for customers from verticals as well as hybrid networking with communication operators' public networks. Based on the above products, AsiaInfo Technologies provides various industries with end-to-end one-stop services encompassing private 5G network planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance.
In recent years, AsiaInfo Technologies has obtained various reputations for its software/hardware products concerning private 5G network and practical achievements, including the First Prize in the National Final of MIIT's "Blooming Cup", GTI's "Best Market Expansion & Commercial Value Award", and Omdia's designation as a "Global End-to-End Private 5G Network Challenger". Looking ahead, AsiaInfo Technologies anticipates deepening partnership with partners across various sectors to accelerate cost reduction, efficiency increase, transformation and upgrading through private 5G network.
