Packet Transport Delivers a Reliable, Secure, End-to-End Network for Utilities
Developing a modern Smart Grid will require numerous applications: transmission substation automation, distribution automation, demand response, distributed generation, and advanced metering. For the utilities, implementing these applications will mean incorporating more robust information management technologies, expanding transmission and distribution networks, and embracing renewables.
Utilities need a modern, flexible, and reliable communications infrastructure that can route information efficiently and effectively, delivering it on time. IP/MPLS routing from Infinity Technology Solutions enables utilities to deploy cutting-edge technologies for an IP network that will support their existing TDM and legacy applications, while future-proofing for newer IP, Ethernet, and IP/MPLS services.
Acquiring IP/MPLS network routing will allow utilities to maximize the efficiency of their networks without sacrificing reliability. This communications network is the foundation of a modern Smart Grid.
Smart Grid Communication Network Requirements
Utilities have traditionally deployed SDH or SONET networks. The problem with these legacy networks is that they quickly run out of bandwidth when utilities add new applications. When IP applications converge on these networks, bandwidth is quickly exhausted.
Today, power companies across the globe are pursuing communications solutions that will help ease the transition to Smart Grid deployments. In order to do so, they must balance many variables at once. To begin with, any solution must be reliable: power is a mission-critical good that allows no compromise in reliability.
Second, modern networks that will enable the emergence of Smart Grids should offer the opportunity to implement new services rapidly without being too costly. The solution is one that offers the same reliability, QoS, and security of traditional utility communications networks while supporting all the TDM and IP/Ethernet services that are needed for core utility operations and smart grid deployments.
IP and Ethernet will be the central communications protocols for Smart Grid infrastructure. The IP-centric Smart Grid applications that utilities will embrace include:
- IP-based SCADA
- IEC 61850-based Substation Systems
- Synchrophasor Systems
- Video Surveillance Systems
- Distribution Automation
- Advanced Metering
To meet the demands of Smart Grid deployments, utilities need an IP-based network communications infrastructure with greater bandwidth, similar security protocols to SDH/SONET legacy networks, reliability, and scalability.
IP/MPLS networking from Infinity Technology Solutions accomplishes the above for the utilities in their pursuit of Smart Grid applications.
Next-Gen IP/MPLS Utility Communications
Infinity’s next-generation IP/MPLS utility communications solutions support existing mission-critical TDM services alongside new IP and Ethernet Smart Grid applications. This networking technology reduces TCO without compromising reliability and ensures the highest network security.
But, unlike legacy SDH and SONET networks, IP/MPLS networks are scalable, giving your utility greater bandwidth for the introduction of new services as your needs and the needs of your customers grow.
The move by the utilities toward the implementation of an IP (packet-based) network for their communications network makes sense. In order to support all the converged mission-critical traffic of the utilities on a single network, introducing an IP/MPLS-based communications infrastructure is essential.
Infinity’s IP/MPLS networks support all types of network traffic, boost your utility’s operational efficiency, and support existing mission-critical applications while offering the benefit of introducing new Smart Grid services as your utility needs over time. Transitioning from a circuit-based system to IP/MPLS enables convergence and virtualization on a resilient network.
IP/MPLS Networking from Infinity Technology Solutions
Utilities possess the expertise when it comes to building and operating reliable and efficient electrical grids. The communications networks that undergird these grids need to ensure the delivery of information in order to monitor, analyze, control, and maintain the delivery of service to their customers.
Infinity Technology Solutions’ IP/MPLS communications infrastructure can assist utilities in extending and enhancing their networks with new IP, MPLS, and Ethernet technologies. These new technologies allow utilities to optimize their network flexibility and management without jeopardizing safety, security, or reliability.
Our advanced network and routing technologies enable the introduction of new Smart Grid applications to improve operational efficiency and workflow. Infinity Technology Solutions deploys cutting-edge technologies that will help the utilities in their pursuit of Next-Gen networks to build a better, smarter electrical grid.
