Prospects can make the most of new capabilities of Wi-SUN FAN 1.1
With over 100 merchandise licensed by the Wi-SUN Alliance, Discipline Space Community 1.0 is a well-liked networking choice for sensible utility and sensible metropolis use instances. Electrical utility metering, distribution automation, and municipal road lighting functions profit tremendously from FAN’s safe, self-forming, self-healing IPv6 wi-fi mesh networking which is ready to help million scale deployments spanning giant geographic areas.
Constructing on the robust basis laid down by FAN 1.0, the Wi-SUN Alliance lately introduced the supply of the primary gadgets licensed to help the brand new function additions of FAN 1.1. These new FAN 1.1 capabilities embody:
- Low power system operation (LE). Low energy nodes are in a position to operate for as much as 20 years on a single battery cost, focusing on use instances reminiscent of methane detection, water metering, gasoline metering, and different low energy area sensing functions.
- Increased efficiency (HP). FAN 1.1 provides Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing radio help, that means FAN 1.1 now presents knowledge charges from 50 Kbps (FSK) as much as 2.4 Mbps (OFDM). The upper knowledge charges are perfect for utility AMI 2.0 and Distribution Automation use instances reminiscent of Fault Location Isolation and Restoration (FLISR).
- Modulations and knowledge price negotiation (MDR). Mesh neighbors can now negotiate a “gear shift” to transition, for instance, a bit of a decrease velocity AMI mesh to a better throughput mode for DA fault isolation operations.
- Expanded geographic help. North America, Brazil, Japan, and European Union operation is supported. Extension to further 800 and 900 MHz areas is now sensible.
Determine 1 depicts an instance multi-hop FAN 1.1 mesh. The mesh types robotically between a set of deployed Routers and a Border Router offering WAN connectivity. A Router’s frequency hopping capabilities and skill to find out alternate knowledge paths present superior resiliency. Routers are additional in a position to “guardian” low energy nodes.
The sub-GHz mesh RF hyperlinks can individually stretch to a number of kilometers (relying upon native situations), with multi-hop meshes in a position to span distances of 10s of kilometers. A single FAN 1.1 mesh can help hundreds of Router nodes, every in a position to guardian low energy nodes. A traditional utility deployment situation is an electrical meters (Router) parenting a number of low energy water meters, gasoline meters, or environmental sensors. Including further meshes scales a deployment to hundreds of thousands of nodes.
The Catalyst IR8100 Heavy Responsibility Collection Industrial Router would be the first member of the Cisco Resilient Mesh resolution to be FAN 1.1 licensed. Given its rugged design for harsh outside environments, versatile backhaul configuration, and safety capabilities, the IR8140 is a perfect FAN 1.1 Border Router. A person IR8140 can root a mesh of hundreds of FAN 1.1 gadgets, with hundreds of thousands scale system networks achieved with the deployment of further IR8140s. Following the IR8140, IR530 Vary Extender, and Cisco Resilient Mesh Endpoint SDK may also be scheduled for FAN 1.1 certification, rounding out a whole Cisco FAN 1.1 portfolio of Border Routers, Routers, and endpoint design SDK.
Determine 2: Cisco IR8140 Border Router
Massive FAN 1.1 networks require a community administration system in a position to present lifecycle administration for million node networks. Cisco IoT Discipline Community Director is function constructed, and area confirmed to handle these large-scale networks.
“Wi-SUN 1.1 offers improved flexibility, safety, and adaptive efficiency to unlock newer markets demanding excessive efficiency or low power use instances within the rising Utility or Good metropolis panorama. Cisco’s Wi-SUN dedication has been targeted on ease of use by way of simplified Zero Contact Provisioning, resiliency in various RF situations, interoperability and community administration for endpoints and border routers by way of trade main OpenCSMP to allow prospects to construct manufacturing networks with its trade main resolution at scale in a safe method.” says Lakshmi Narayana Jammi, Sr Product Supervisor for Cisco IR8140 and Cisco Resilient Mesh SDK
“With the introduction of low energy nodes and better knowledge charges, FAN 1.1 helps many new and thrilling use instances. Cisco is properly positioned to help this enhance in utility and sensible metropolis community demand with OpenCSMP and Discipline Community Director, system and community administration options which have confirmed skill to scale to hundreds of thousands of endpoints.” says Clay Stroud, Product Supervisor for Cisco Discipline Community Director.
“Wi-SUN FAN1.1 offers extremely versatile communications functionality permitting each excessive efficiency and low power performance on the identical community, making it the plain alternative for a fair broader vary of commercial IoT functions reminiscent of utilities and sensible cities” says Phil Beecher, President and CEO of the Wi-SUN Alliance.  “We’re excited that Cisco can be supporting Wi-SUN FAN 1.1 communications infrastructure with its vary of commercial routers, bringing confirmed reliability, scalability, and safety to those vital infrastructure networks. “
For extra details about the Wi-SUN Alliance and Discipline Space Community 1.1, head over to the Wi-SUN FAN info web site.
Additionally see this extra details about Cisco Resilient Mesh merchandise and Cisco Discipline Community Director.
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