Potential of Zero-Touch Network Management in Industry 5.0: A Future Prospect

Abhishek Hazra, Alakesh Kalita, Mohan Gurusamy, Dipak Kumar Sah

Abstract: Industry 5.0 refers to the next-generation industrial revolution, where significantly more industrial things such as production machines, industrial robots, and uncrewed vehicles will be easily connected with advent technologies like the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), blockchain, 6G communication, and distributed edge cloud. Despite these technological advancements, current industries still face several issues related to human-centric design, data interoperability, sustainability, and standardized design. To deal with these issues and to promote Industry 5.0 revolution, the necessity of zero-touch network management (ZTNM) techniques in industries is inevitable. Therefore, this work presents a novel ZTNM-enabled Industry 5.0 architecture and validates its importance by using two industrial use-case scenarios. Furthermore, we discuss several ZTNM-supported technologies, potential challenges, and possible solutions for upcoming Industry 5.0 automation.