LG Uplus Builds 5G MEC-Based 'Smart Industrial Complex' in Yeosu, Jeonnam

Attending the business agreement ceremony (from left) are Park Jin-man, Head of Jeonnam Regional Headquarters at Korea Industrial Complex Corporation, Son Jae-hyung, Smart Information Officer at Jeollanam-do Provincial Government, and Seo Jae-yong, Smart Infrastructure Business Manager at LG Uplus, posing for a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Joselgina] LG Uplus is building a 5G MEC-based ‘Smart Industrial Complex’ in the petrochemical industrial complex in Yeosu, Jeonnam.

On the 20th, LG Uplus announced that it signed a ‘MEC-based 5G Convergence Service Public Sector Leading Application Project Agreement’ together with Jeonnam Provincial Government and Korea Industrial Complex Corporation Jeonnam Regional Headquarters.

Through this cooperation, LG Uplus plans to introduce a 5G-based smart factory solution to the petrochemical industrial complex located in Yeosu, Jeonnam. MEC technology will also be utilized to advance the solution. MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) is a technology that places data centers closer to service sites through distributed cloud computing and maximizes the ultra-low latency of 5G.

Domestic petrochemical complexes have been in operation for 30 to 50 years since their establishment, increasing demands for equipment and facility maintenance, inspection, and advancement. Since hazardous substances are handled, concerns about strengthening worker safety continue. The tightening of environmental regulations also exacerbates the difficulties faced by petrochemical complexes.

The ‘Smart Industrial Complex’ equipped with LG Uplus’s smart factory solution can manage the wide and complex petrochemical industrial complex site through a 5G network and prevent accidents using AI. Customers can also reduce construction costs through cloud-based services that do not require separate IT infrastructure. MEC saves time spent on data transmission and analysis, helping to respond quickly to safety accidents that may occur in the industrial complex.

Specifically, services such as ▲‘Intelligent Distribution Board Diagnosis,’ which analyzes on-site temperature and humidity to preemptively diagnose distribution board fires and power outage accidents, and ▲‘Biometric Signal Analysis Safety Helmet,’ which attaches sensors measuring body temperature, brain waves, and heart rate to directly monitor worker life-threatening accidents, are possible.

It also supports responding to environmental regulations and creating a pleasant industrial environment. LG Uplus provides an environmental management service that can measure emission concentrations even without expensive dedicated exhaust gas sensors. It is characterized by using a closed cloud to prevent leakage and manipulation of environmental data, thereby increasing reliability.

Various equipment management data generated at the Yeosu Smart Industrial Complex are delivered to the ‘Jeollanam-do Big Data Hub’ operated by the Jeonnam Provincial Government. The Jeonnam Provincial Government plans to open this data to the private sector in the future to support the development of new services.

Seo Jaeyong, LG Uplus Smart Infrastructure Business Manager (Executive Director), said, “Through the establishment of the Smart Industrial Complex, we will support the improvement of the safety environment of the petrochemical industrial complex and the strengthening of competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises.”

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