1.
WAN
APPLICATION
H/E
&
NETWORK
MANAGEMENT
SECURITY
&
AUTHENTICATION
DEVICE
MESH
NETWORK
FIELD
AREA
ROUTER
U"lity
Requirements:
• Mul%-‐service
Field
Area
Network
that
can
support
AMI
&
DA
• Highly
secure
&
reliable
communica%ons
• Simplify
handling
of
mul%ple
proprietary
protocols
• IPv6
addressing
• Select
the
op%mal
communica%on
solu%on
that
can
evolve
to
support
future
requirements
Device
Manufacturer
Requirements:
• Augment
exis%ng
engineering
teams
with
IP
Communica%ons
exper%se
• Meet
current
&
future
communica%on
requirements
• Meet
the
Total
Cost
of
Ownership
(TCO)
targets
• Combine
best-‐of-‐breed
components
• U%lize
the
op%mal
design
• Follow
a
lean
engineering
process
IPenable
Solu"on
Specifica"ons:
• 802.15.4-‐based
IPv6
mesh
with
QOS
and
mesh
algorithms
to
op%mize
reach
&
reliability
• 6LoWPAN
and
RPL
based
IPembed
Firmware +
Engineering services
to embed low-cost,
highly reliable
communications
modules
IPoptimize
Services to support the
planning, building &
operating of IoT device
communications
IPmanage
Devices and
applications that
improve
communications and
data management
Lean IP Engineered Utility Solutions