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The Industrial and Outdoor Wireless LAN Infrastructure market research delivers current market analysis plus a five year market and technology forecast. The research is available in multiple editions including worldwide, all regions, and most major countries.
Ongoing Evolution of the Industrial and Outdoor Wireless LAN (WLAN) Infrastructure Market
Research by ARC Advisory Group reveals that mission-critical industrial applications are increasingly reliant on wireless communications. This is particularly true in discrete operations in manufacturing, transportation, logistics, and other industries where use of wireline infrastructure is precluded by harsh operating environments and the need to connect mobile, remote, and, increasingly, autonomous assets. Escalating adoption of mobile applications, including AGVs, robotics/AMRs, and tracking of mobile assets and personnel necessitates the use of wireless connectivity where wireline networks, including Ethernet and fiber, are impractical, ineffective, and/or cost prohibitive.
Industrial and Outdoor Wireless LAN Strategic Issues
In addition to providing a five-year market forecast, the Industrial and Outdoor Wireless LAN market research provides detailed quantitative current market data and addresses key strategic issues.
Convergence of Industrial Networking and Security
It is vitally important that the network function as an extension of the security infrastructure. Horizontal and vertical integration throughout the enterprise and operations necessitates a converged strategy that incorporates the centralized management and security policies instituted by the IT organization with the need for safe, resilient, and continually operating OT processes.
Employ Multiple Security Certifications
Cybersecurity approaches typically rely on a combination of standard and proprietary mechanisms. Table setting cybersecurity capabilities include WPA encryption, use of RADIUS servers, IES 62443-2 certification, and CRA and NIS2 compliance. Along with regulatory compliance, these solutions should enable the ability to discover, identify, secure, and manage devices. IEEE 802.1x is the industry standard for device authentication and authorization. Instill a converged implementation approach that respects the functional requirements of OT, IT, and security stakeholders.
Leverage IT-OT Convergence
Take advantage of the trend toward IT/OT convergence by leveraging the descent of IT-oriented centralized management and security approaches to effectively visualize, monitor, control, manage, and safeguard installations. Centralized visualization, monitoring, and management gives both IT and OT greater visibility into networking operations and enables universal policy enforcement.
Private Networks and 5G for Mission-critical Applications
Despite delays in 5G adoption and availability, large customers are already evaluating use of both 5G and private networks in industrial applications. These investigations reveal the need for significant infrastructure investment and an end-to-end solution approach as well as challenges with spectrum acquisition and knowledge and skill sets required.
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Market Growth Outlook
ARC’s market growth outlook service delivers an in-depth market opportunity analysis including five-year market and technology forecasts and 3-year history trend lines where available. Besides providing an in-depth analysis of the market opportunity provided by each technology, this service allows technology suppliers to analyze their own customized markets consisting of multiple technologies. For example, customers can view different market scenarios by adding or removing technology markets from the analysis, providing them a Total Available Market (TAM) view of their own served market. A list of the available market growth outlook services can be seen in the list below.
This service is designed to help accelerate your organization's ability to understand an up-to-date view of the market opportunity provided by your current product portfolio and analyze how your company’s market opportunity would change if you were to acquire or divest a particular product line. The service will also help you identify and capitalize on emerging markets, whether these markets are based on an emerging technology, region, vertical industry, or application. Built upon a proprietary market model and ARC’s field proven primary research, this service helps product and marketing managers optimize their business plans by identifying the opportunities provided by emerging trends. ARC’s reputation as the preeminent independent provider of market growth opportunity analyses for nearly four decades also provides greater weight to your business plans. ARC’s market growth outlook services are available in a variety of formats depending on whether you view your market opportunities via different technologies, industries, or world regions.
In addition, ARC has a strong history of providing customized market opportunity reports and services to meet your specific needs. For example, you may sell your products only to specific industries and/or in only one or two regions. You tell us your served markets and ARC can quickly configure a report or service designed to best serve your served market.
ARC provides several versions of these reports and services depending on your role in the organization. Executive Views are high level market opportunities designed to help executives quickly identify key trends and market opportunities around the world. In-depth market opportunity analyses provide marketing and product managers more detailed technology specific market information to plan marketing and product development strategies. The following table shows more specific information included in each version.
| Market Growth Outlook Analysis | Use Cases | Target Role |
| Worldwide Market Growth Outlook by Industry & Region with 3-year history where available | In-depth technology-specific strategic growth planning across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industries | Product & Marketing Managers |
| Worldwide Industry Growth Outlook by Region with 3-year history where available | Strategic technology growth planning for markets defined by a single or multiple vertical industries | Industry Managers |
| Regional/Country Market Growth Outlook by Technology & Industry with 3-year history where available (includes country data) | Strategic technology growth planning for markets defined by a single or multiple world regions | Regional & Country Sales Managers |
| Market Growth Outlook Executive View | Strategic Total Available Market (TAM) growth planning dashboard covering multiple vertical industries, technologies, and world regions | Executives |
Market Competitive Analysis
ARC’s Competitive Analysis services deliver in depth competitive analyses across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industries. Besides providing an in-depth analysis of the market opportunity provided by each technology, this service allows technology suppliers to analyze their own customized markets consisting of multiple technologies. For example, customers can view different market scenarios by adding or removing technology markets from the analysis, providing them a Total Available Market (TAM) view of their own served market. A list of the available market growth outlook services can be seen in the list below.
This service is designed to help product and marketing managers identify their company’s market positioning across multiple views within their Serviceable Available Market (SAM). Built upon a proprietary market model and ARC’s field proven primary research, this service helps product and marketing managers optimize their business plans by identifying how their company’s market position would change if the company were to acquire or divest a particular product line or technology. ARC’s reputation as the preeminent independent provider of competitive market benchmarking for nearly four decades lends greater weight to your business plans. ARC’s market competitive services are available in a variety of formats depending on whether you view your market opportunities via different technologies, industries, or world regions.
In addition, ARC has a strong history of providing customized market opportunity reports and services to meet the specific needs of our clients. For example, you may sell your products only to specific industries and/or in only one or two regions. You tell us your served markets and ARC can quickly configure a report or service designed to best serve your served market.
ARC provides several versions of these reports and services depending on your role in the organization. Executive Views are high level market competitive analyses designed to help executives quickly assess their SAM by world region, technology, or vertical industry. In-depth competitive market analyses provide marketing and product managers more detailed technology specific benchmarking information to plan marketing and product development strategies. The following table shows more specific information included in each version.
| Competitive Analysis | Use Cases | Target Role |
| Worldwide Competitive Analysis by Technology | In-depth competitive market analysis that quantifies how your company’s market position has changed over time across multiple technologies, applications, regions, and industries | Product & Marketing Managers |
| Worldwide Competitive Analysis by Industry | Strategic technology-based competitive analyses for markets defined by a single or multiple vertical industries | Industry Managers |
| Regional/Country Competitive Analysis by Industry | Strategic technology-based competitive analyses for markets defined by a single or multiple world regions | Regional Sales Managers |
| Competitive Analysis Executive View | Strategic Serviceable Available Market (SAM) analysis dashboard covering multiple vertical industries, technologies, and world regions | Executives |
Worldwide Research Focus Areas
Worldwide Research Focus Areas
Strategic Analysis
- Executive Overview
- Marketing Trends
- Buyer Strategies
- Supplier Strategies
- Growth Contributors & Inhibitors
Competitive Analysis
- Market Shares of the Leading Suppliers
- Market Shares by Region
- North America
- Europe, Middle East, Africa
- Asia
- Latin America
- Market Shares by Revenue Category
- Hardware
- Software & Services
- Market Shares by Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Automotive
- Buildings
- Electric Power Generation
- Electric Power T&D
- Food & Beverage
- Machinery
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Security & Surveillance
- Transportation & Logistics
- Water & Wastewater
- Market Shares by Wi-Fi Standard
- Wi-Fi 4
- Wi-Fi 5
- Wi-Fi 6/6E
- Wi-Fi 7
- Market Shares by Form Factor
- DIN Rail
- Wall/Pole Mount
- Market Shares by Hazardous Location
- Class 1 Div 2
- Other
- Market Shares by Environmental Rating
- IP 20 to 40
- IP50 to 54
- IP 65 to 68
- Other/No Rating
- Market Shares by Device Type
- Access Points
- Accessories
- Clients
- Market Shares by Industrial vs Outdoor
- Market Shares by Frequencies Supported
- Market Shares by New vs. Retrofit
- Market Shares by Fixed vs. Mobile
- Market Shares by Sales Channel
- Market Shares by Customer Type
Market Forecasts
- Total Shipments of Industrial and Outdoor Wireless LANs
- Shipments by Region
- North America
- Europe, Middle East, Africa
- Asia
- Latin America
- Shipments by Revenue Category
- Hardware
- Software & Services
- Shipments by Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Automotive
- Buildings
- Electric Power Generation
- Electric Power T&D
- Food & Beverage
- Machinery
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Security & Surveillance
- Transportation & Logistics
- Water & Wastewater
- Shipments by Wi-Fi Standard
- Wi-Fi 4
- Wi-Fi 5
- Wi-Fi 6/6E
- Wi-Fi 7
- Shipments by Form Factor
- DIN Rail
- Wall/Pole Mount
- Shipments by Hazardous Location
- Class 1 Div 2
- Other
- Shipments by Environmental Rating
- IP 20 to 40
- IP50 to 54
- IP 65 to 68
- Other/No Rating
- Shipments by Device Type
- Access Points
- Accessories
- Clients
- Shipments by Industrial vs Outdoor
- Shipments by Frequencies Supported
- Shipments by New vs. Retrofit
- Shipments by Fixed vs. Mobile
- Shipments by Sales Channel
- Shipments by Customer Type
Industry Participants
The research identifies all relevant suppliers serving this market.
Regional Research Focus Areas
Strategic Analysis
Scope
Competitive Analysis
- Leading Suppliers in Region
- Industry Shares in Region
- Country Shares in Region
- Leading Suppliers by Industry
Market Forecast Analysis
- Market Forecast by Country
- Market Forecast by Industry
Industry Participants
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