The document discusses Tri-State G&T's project to implement a new GIS and circuit management system using Schneider Electric's Fiber Manager software. It introduces the presenters and provides an overview of Tri-State's large telecom network and business needs. The presentation demonstrates Fiber Manager's ability to model both the physical fiber infrastructure and logical circuits provisioned across the network, helping Tri-State better track and plan their bandwidth capacity.

2. Provisioning Bandwidth & Logical Circuits
with Fiber Manager
Jonathan Hager | Tri-State G&T
Skye Perry | SSP Innovations
Dennise Ramirez | SSP Innovations

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Jonathan Hager | Tri-State G&T
 Fiber Project Coordinator
 Responsible for All New Capital Fiber Projects
 Been with Tri-State for 6 years
 Extensive experience in private telecom arena
(Level 3, Century Link)
Skye Perry | SSP Innovations
 Principal Consultant
 Esri & Schneider Electric Technical Architect
 Led the technical design @ Tri-State
 Certified Fiber Manager Implementer
Dennise Ramirez | SSP Innovations
 Principal Consultant
 Esri & Schneider Electric Technical Architect
 Leading the implementation @ Tri-State with a
team of 4 developers
 Significant experience extending SE products
Introductions

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 Introduction
 Project Update
 The Current System & Telecom Assets
 Business Drivers
 Custom Requirements
 Demonstration
Agenda

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 Great example of an extension to Fiber Manager
 Shows the value of customer collaboration
 An eye towards the future
 SONET/SDH
 Ethernet
Introduction

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 On one 400 mile fiber route, approx. 4800 fiber records
 On one OC-48 segment, approx. 355,000 T1 circuit records
 Adding 100 to 200 miles of fiber
per year
 Adding 150+ circuit requests
per year
High Volume of Telecom Asset Records

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 Originally Access Database with VBA Front End (~1996)
 Converted to Oracle 9i Forms in 2004
 Tracked logical infrastructure
of circuits including SONET
timeslots/channel designation
 Excel for fiber records
Current System - CSMGMT

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 Create a GIS database and web-based interface to:
 Identify, review, analyze, and update key attributes of Tri-State’s telecom
network
 Include collocation buildings, equipment locations,
fiber optic routes, microwave radio systems,
MAS radio systems, USAT, and UHF radio systems
 Provide ability to track logical provisioning with
similar capabilities as current home grown system
to the DS0 level
Business Drivers

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 Install new GIS telecom OTS software
 Include a new Circuit Mgmt Solution
 Add customized software interface for Circuit Mgmt
 Migrate Telecom database and fiber data
to new GIS telecom software
(with new customization)
 Tie telecom circuits to GIS software
 Focus on expanding fiber routes
Requirements

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 Reviewed numerous software providers
 Interview / demo 4 leading OTS software vendors
 Selected ESRI/Schneider and Fiber Manager
Final Solution

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Fiber Manager – It’s Physical
● Connection Manager allows you to connect fiber, microwave, etc. to a physical
port on a device on each end
● No internal connectivity between device ports within a device
● Circuit Manager allows you to create a named physical path from device to device
● Does a good job in tracking physical assets and connectivity

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●Track master/header circuits that traverse through devices
●Custom Trace Linking Multiple Fiber Manager Physical Circuits
●Defines connectivity between internal device ports
●Establish bandwidth between end points (up to an OC-192)
Systems / Master Circuits

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The Data Model
F_Circuit F_Circuit F_Circuit F_Circuit F_Circuit
F_System #1 A:C F_System #2 C:F
Custom

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B
A C

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B
A C
System A: OC-48
System B: E-3
System C: OC-12
1
2

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B
A C
System A: OC-48
System B: E-3
System C: OC-12
Physical Circuits
1
2

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Demonstration – Dennise Ramirez
●Creating Master Circuits

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●Define a bandwidth hierarchy for each master circuit up to
an OC-192 (10 Gb/s)
●Allocate logical trunk circuits
(reserved bandwidth, ex. a full STS-1 or DS1)
●Provision logical tributary circuits
(committed bandwidth) down to a DS0
●Custom Two Point Trace Through Master Circuits
Bandwidth Hierarchy

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● Allocate circuits within the master circuit hierarchy
● 24 DS0s = 1 DS1
● Tributary Circuit
● Ex Hierarchy:
● Consuming the 1st Vir. Tributary
● Within the 13th OC-1 (trunk)
● Within an OC-3 (trunk)
● Within an OC-12 (trunk)
● Within an OC-24 (trunk)
● Within an OC-48 (master)
● Defines the Timeslot of the circuit
Bandwidth Hierarchy

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The Data Model
F_Circuit F_Circuit F_Circuit F_Circuit F_Circuit
F_System #1 A:C F_System #2 C:F
F_LogicalCircuit B:E
F_LogicalCircuit A:D
Custom

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B
A C
System A: OC-48
System B: E-3
System C: OC-12
Physical Circuits
1
2

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B
A C
System A: OC-48
System B: E-3
System C: OC-12
Trunk Circuit: DS-1
1
2

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B
A C
System A: OC-48
DS0
System B: E-3
DS0
System C: OC-12
DS0
Tributary Circuit
1
2

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Demonstration – Dennise Ramirez
●Creating a Trunk
●Creating a Tributary

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What can we do with this level of detailed data?
●Recommend circuit provisioning based on available timeslots
●Track allocated bandwidth vs. capacity at all points on network
●Create a GIS heat map showing bottlenecks
●Drive capital planning for network expansion
●Poke the network at any point to see:
●Hierarchy of the master circuit(s)
●Which logical circuits are present
●The use of each logical circuit (down to the DS0)
●Result is a scalable system

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Demonstration – Dennise Ramirez
●Illustrate allocated bandwidth vs. capacity

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Questions?
SkyePerry
PrincipalConsultant
SSPInnovations
skye.perry@sspinnovations.com
JonathanHager
Fiber Project Coordinator
Tri-StateG&T
jhager@tristategt.org
Dennise Ramirez
PrincipalConsultant
SSPInnovations
dennise.ramirez@sspinnovations.com

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