Industry 4.0 has brought to attention the need for a connected, flexible, and autonomous production environment. The New Radio (NR)-sidelink, which was introduced by the third-generation partnership project (3GPP) in Release 16, can be particularly helpful for factories that need to facilitate cooperative and close-range communication. Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are important for material handling and carriage within these environments, and using NR-sidelink communication can further enhance their performance. An efficient resource allocation mechanism is required to ensure reliable communication and avoid interference between AGVs and other wireless systems in the factory using NR-sidelink. This work evaluates the 3GPP standardized resource allocation algorithm for NR-sidelink for a use case of cooperative carrying AGVs. We suggest further improvements that are tailored to the quality of service (QoS) requirements of an indoor factory communication scenario with cooperative AGVs.The use of NR-sidelink communication has the potential to help meet the QoS requirements for different Industry 4.0 use cases. This work can be a foundation for further improvements in NR-sidelink in 3GPP Release 18 and beyond.

翻译：工业4.0凸显了对互联、灵活且自主化生产环境的需求。第三代合作伙伴计划（3GPP）在Release 16中引入的新空口侧链路（NR-sidelink）技术，对于需要支持协作式近距离通信的工厂尤为实用。自动导引车（AGV）在工厂环境中的物料搬运与运输环节扮演关键角色，而采用NR-sidelink通信可进一步提升其性能。为确保可靠通信并避免AGV与工厂内其他无线系统通过NR-sidelink产生干扰，需要高效的资源分配机制。本研究针对协作搬运AGV的应用场景，评估了3GPP标准化的NR-sidelink资源分配算法，并针对协作AGV的室内工厂通信场景的服务质量（QoS）要求，提出了定制化的改进方案。NR-sidelink通信的运用有望满足不同工业4.0应用场景的QoS需求。本工作可为3GPP Release 18及后续版本中NR-sidelink的进一步优化奠定基础。