This document summarizes the challenges involved in remotely upgrading the firmware of home area networks (HANs) that will be installed in millions of households. It notes that utilities will need to remotely upgrade HAN firmware but dispatching trucks to each home is cost prohibitive. The document then examines the capabilities and limitations of various home networks and the smart grid infrastructure in supporting remote firmware upgrades. It concludes that upgrading an entire HAN-enabled service area is not practical using the least capable smart meter networks and that standards are needed for HAN firmware distribution and discovery.
LTE is the next generation network beyond 3G that will provide significantly higher throughput and lower latency compared to 3G. It will use an all-IP architecture and OFDM and MIMO technologies to improve spectral efficiency and capacity. LTE aims to deliver 3-5 times greater capacity than advanced 3G networks, lower the cost per bit, and improve the quality of experience for users through reduced latency of around 20ms compared to 120ms for typical 3G networks. Mobile network operators have a unique opportunity to evolve their networks to LTE to capitalize on increasing demand for wireless broadband and further grow their market share.
Enterprise small cell architecture webinarDavid Chambers
Amit Jain, VP Product Management at Spidercloud, explains the various small cell alternatives for enterprise small cells suitable for SOHO, SME and larger businesses. He argues that as the number of enterprise femtocells/small cells increase, more local control is required. Various solutions from individual small cells (femtocells) through to large scale DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems) all have a place to play.
This document discusses video transmission using wireless networks like WiMAX. It begins with an abstract discussing real-time video communication needs and previous work transmitting video over wireless LANs and visible light communication. It then reviews WiMAX capabilities like providing wireless broadband access over 50km at 70mbps. The paper proposes a WiMAX transmitter and receiver design to efficiently transmit and receive video. It reviews literature on similar wireless video transmission systems and their limitations. The methodology section provides block diagrams and circuit diagrams of the proposed WiMAX transmitter and receiver. It describes the transmitter components like an analog to digital converter, RF amplifier and transmitting antenna. The receiver components include a receiving antenna, DC modulator, video amplifier and display device.
Paul Solsrud: Cooperative network services broadband considerations 111715Ann Treacy
This document discusses key considerations for broadband deployment projects. It covers defining goals, estimating construction costs, potential revenue sources, and the benefits of partnering. Construction costs can range widely from $1,500-$10,000 per connection depending on the network type, terrain, location and other factors. Revenue sources include business and residential internet, phone and TV services. Partnering with an experienced provider can help reduce risks and costs through shared expertise, equipment and back office functions. Vetting partners carefully to ensure aligned goals and expectations is important.
Head to Head - The Battle between the Bellheads and the Netheads for control ...Pieter Geldenhuys
Part 1: When the infrastructure is ubiquitous and operates as a utility, like water or electricity, we will move beyond the current paradigm of cyberspace. What happens when information and knowledge are accessible to all who choose to look? What happens when eBusiness, eHealth and eLiteracy have become an invisible normality? What happens after the Ubiquitous Internet has irreparably changed our very understanding of the world we live in? A new Digital Value Chain will be required when the Netheads and Bellheads pit their business models against each other in an epic battle where the only winner is bound to be the consumer. Who will find the right balance between the investments required to support the infrastructure and the money that inevitably will flow to edge of the network where the intelligence and power resides?
Your media everywhere, anytime. This summarizes end-user expectations when ever-wider broadband and ever-lower flat-rate tariffs combine with users’ thirst for digital content.
The authors describe Ericsson’s end-to-end solution for remote access services, which builds on the IMS and UPnP families of standards, along with the Home IMS Gateway (HIGA), which serves as an intermediary gateway for connecting the device-centric consumer electronics space with the user-centric telecommunications world. The gateway approach leaves
the consumer electronics and telecommunications business models unaffected, while at the same time creating synergies between the two.
Broad Band technology, Next generation network (NGN),DSLAMsabzalee
This document provides an overview of a workshop on broadband telecom networks. The objectives are to learn about reusing existing access networks for broadband services, digital subscriber lines (DSL), and upcoming broadband systems. Topics include the background of telecom networks, requirements for new access technologies, broadband technologies like DSL, and DSL architecture. DSL uses existing phone lines to provide broadband internet and other services at speeds greater than dial-up. It allows reuse of existing infrastructure at lower cost than alternatives.
LTE is the next generation network beyond 3G that will provide significantly higher throughput and lower latency compared to 3G. It will use an all-IP architecture and OFDM and MIMO technologies to improve spectral efficiency and capacity. LTE aims to deliver 3-5 times greater capacity than advanced 3G networks, lower the cost per bit, and improve the quality of experience for users through reduced latency of around 20ms compared to 120ms for typical 3G networks. Mobile network operators have a unique opportunity to evolve their networks to LTE to capitalize on increasing demand for wireless broadband and further grow their market share.
Enterprise small cell architecture webinarDavid Chambers
Amit Jain, VP Product Management at Spidercloud, explains the various small cell alternatives for enterprise small cells suitable for SOHO, SME and larger businesses. He argues that as the number of enterprise femtocells/small cells increase, more local control is required. Various solutions from individual small cells (femtocells) through to large scale DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems) all have a place to play.
This document discusses video transmission using wireless networks like WiMAX. It begins with an abstract discussing real-time video communication needs and previous work transmitting video over wireless LANs and visible light communication. It then reviews WiMAX capabilities like providing wireless broadband access over 50km at 70mbps. The paper proposes a WiMAX transmitter and receiver design to efficiently transmit and receive video. It reviews literature on similar wireless video transmission systems and their limitations. The methodology section provides block diagrams and circuit diagrams of the proposed WiMAX transmitter and receiver. It describes the transmitter components like an analog to digital converter, RF amplifier and transmitting antenna. The receiver components include a receiving antenna, DC modulator, video amplifier and display device.
Paul Solsrud: Cooperative network services broadband considerations 111715Ann Treacy
This document discusses key considerations for broadband deployment projects. It covers defining goals, estimating construction costs, potential revenue sources, and the benefits of partnering. Construction costs can range widely from $1,500-$10,000 per connection depending on the network type, terrain, location and other factors. Revenue sources include business and residential internet, phone and TV services. Partnering with an experienced provider can help reduce risks and costs through shared expertise, equipment and back office functions. Vetting partners carefully to ensure aligned goals and expectations is important.
Head to Head - The Battle between the Bellheads and the Netheads for control ...Pieter Geldenhuys
Part 1: When the infrastructure is ubiquitous and operates as a utility, like water or electricity, we will move beyond the current paradigm of cyberspace. What happens when information and knowledge are accessible to all who choose to look? What happens when eBusiness, eHealth and eLiteracy have become an invisible normality? What happens after the Ubiquitous Internet has irreparably changed our very understanding of the world we live in? A new Digital Value Chain will be required when the Netheads and Bellheads pit their business models against each other in an epic battle where the only winner is bound to be the consumer. Who will find the right balance between the investments required to support the infrastructure and the money that inevitably will flow to edge of the network where the intelligence and power resides?
Your media everywhere, anytime. This summarizes end-user expectations when ever-wider broadband and ever-lower flat-rate tariffs combine with users’ thirst for digital content.
The authors describe Ericsson’s end-to-end solution for remote access services, which builds on the IMS and UPnP families of standards, along with the Home IMS Gateway (HIGA), which serves as an intermediary gateway for connecting the device-centric consumer electronics space with the user-centric telecommunications world. The gateway approach leaves
the consumer electronics and telecommunications business models unaffected, while at the same time creating synergies between the two.
Broad Band technology, Next generation network (NGN),DSLAMsabzalee
This document provides an overview of a workshop on broadband telecom networks. The objectives are to learn about reusing existing access networks for broadband services, digital subscriber lines (DSL), and upcoming broadband systems. Topics include the background of telecom networks, requirements for new access technologies, broadband technologies like DSL, and DSL architecture. DSL uses existing phone lines to provide broadband internet and other services at speeds greater than dial-up. It allows reuse of existing infrastructure at lower cost than alternatives.
The document discusses two network protocols, GTP and PMIP, that help mobile operators support IP mobility across heterogeneous radio access networks to maintain session continuity. GTP was originally developed for GPRS networks while PMIP is a more recent IETF standard. The document focuses on the technical and economic attributes of GTP and PMIP-based mobility solutions for optimizing interworking between Wi-Fi and other mobile networks in 3G and EPC environments. Operators must choose between these protocols based on their goals and the standards supported by clients.
This document provides an overview of 3GPP LTE technology. It discusses the evolution of 3GPP standards and the advancement needed for high data rates, including the use of OFDM(A) and SC-FDMA. It provides a brief introduction to LTE including its radio interface architecture, downlink and uplink transmissions, and cell search procedure. Relevant 3GPP specifications for LTE are also listed.
This document provides an introduction to 4th generation (4G) wireless networks. It discusses the history and evolution of previous mobile technologies (1G, 2G, 3G). 4G aims to provide higher data rates, seamless coverage, and support for multimedia services through an all-IP based network. The document outlines some key design objectives and technologies for 4G including addressing issues like heterogeneous networks, mobility management, quality of service, and security. It also discusses applications and challenges of 4G such as billing across multiple operators and reconfigurable terminal technology.
The document discusses key concepts related to Next Generation Networks (NGN). It describes the NGN reference architecture which includes a transfer network to carry information flows, a network control for establishing links, and service control related to the final service provided to users. It also discusses NGN services, quality of service parameters, mobility, nomadism, presence management, resource control, identification and authentication, metering and monitoring, and security issues in NGN. Finally, it provides examples of NGN soft switch architecture and BSNL's migration strategy to NGN.
Mobile broadband provides opportunities for business and consumers. LTE technology delivers high data rates and throughput. It can support a wide range of spectrum allocations. Nokia Siemens Networks provides a complete end-to-end LTE solution including flexible base stations, core network equipment, and professional services to ensure a smooth migration from current 3G networks to LTE.
VoIP is an emerging technology that uses the internet to transmit phone calls rather than traditional telephone networks. It has the potential to significantly lower phone costs for consumers while improving quality. VoIP services are already commercially available and most are low cost or free. However, the existing telecommunications regulations only apply to traditional phone networks, so a new regulatory framework is needed to address VoIP. Both incumbent phone companies and new internet-based companies see opportunities in VoIP, but there are debates around how it should be regulated.
In 2002, Liberty Technologies, then exclusively an infrastructure provider to ISPs in Panama, was assigned a portion of the 3.5-GHz spectrum by the Panamanian government. Liberty launched a residential network service based on Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) wireless networking technology. The company determined that deploying a wired or cable service would be prohibitively expensive and would not allow for a competitively priced broadband service. Instead, a wireless network could be deployed quickly and inexpensively and had a promising future as a WAN access technology.
How do the 802.11u and HotSpot 2.0 work?Michal Jarski
This document provides a detailed overview of the 802.11u and Hotspot 2.0 protocols which enhance Wi-Fi capabilities for network discovery, selection, and roaming. It describes how new information elements are used to advertise network properties and capabilities. Key elements include the Interworking element which provides details on access network type and security, and the Roaming Consortium element which identifies supported credential providers. The Advertisement Protocol element allows clients to query the access point for additional details using the Access Network Query Protocol. The specifications aim to improve the Wi-Fi user experience when connecting to unfamiliar networks.
This document discusses mobile data offloading using femtocells and WiFi. It provides an overview of femtocell technology compared to WiFi offloading, explaining how femtocells can extend coverage and increase capacity by handling indoor data traffic. The document also outlines some of the challenges in implementing femtocell networks, such as interference management, quality of service, and network synchronization.
Widyatama.lecture.applied networking.iv-week-13.future internet networkingDjadja Sardjana
The document discusses future directions for internet architecture to accommodate emerging wireless and sensor networking needs. It proposes evolutionary, overlay, and revolutionary strategies. Evolution involves extending IP to support mobility and wireless scenarios. Overlays create new optimized networks working across the internet. Revolution specifies a new "beyond IP" network for mobile/wireless applications. All approaches aim to revise networking assumptions and design for new capabilities.
A&B Solutions Data Product Portfolio External 12 07 2011acaiani
The document provides an overview of Colt Data Product Portfolio including access and backbone solutions. It describes Colt's bandwidth and Ethernet services that provide secure, private and reliable connectivity across Europe. These include Colt Link leased line connections, Colt Dark Fibre, Colt Wavelength services, Colt LANLink point-to-point and hub-and-spoke Ethernet services, and Colt E-PN any-to-any Ethernet services.
Colt provides an overview of their MPLS NNI product which allows customers to extend their MPLS network. Key points include:
1. MPLS NNI provides access to Colt's extensive MPLS network across 22 countries and 39 major cities through a single connection point.
2. It offers more cost-effective and flexible access compared to traditional private networks or individual circuits by utilizing Colt's shared MPLS backbone.
3. Customers can interconnect their network to Colt's MPLS network through redundant NNI connections in over 53 locations across Europe.
4G World Mobile Backhaul Summit. If you missed it in person, feel free to view it online.
Speakers:
Mark Casey, CFN Services, Incorporated
Mike Dodson, Utopian Wireless
Doug Smith, Digital Bridge
Dan Graf, Leap Wireless/Cricket Communications
If you have any questions please contact CFN Services at backhaul@cfnservices.com
Future Technologies and Testing for Fixed Mobile Convergence,SAE and LTE in C...Going LTE
This white paper discusses future technologies for fixed-mobile convergence including LTE and SAE. It defines fixed-mobile convergence as providing consistent services via any fixed or mobile access point. The paper describes the motivation for convergence including mobility and consistent services. It outlines the LTE/SAE introduction and technologies including the evolved packet core and all-IP architecture. Key aspects of LTE such as physical layer channels and protocols are also summarized. The purpose is to support an integrated network through the IP Multimedia Subsystem for high-speed mobile experiences comparable to fixed broadband.
Get Ready for the Next Generation Diameter Signaling Controller (DSC)Dialogic Inc.
Mobile telecommunications has a significant economic impact and the market is growing rapidly. Signaling protocols like Diameter contain valuable network data that can be used for more than just connectivity. A next-generation signaling controller can orchestrate signaling across networks and protocols to accelerate new services, drive down costs, enable roaming between technologies, and allow customized user experiences for competitive differentiation.
The document discusses trends in the telecommunications industry from 2007 to 2010 and beyond. It notes that [1] connections for both fixed broadband and wireless networks increased substantially during this period, as did usage of smartphones, tablets, and applications. It also states that [2] mobile data traffic and wireless device connections are expected to continue growing exponentially in the coming years, driven by increased video consumption and the proliferation of new connected devices and machines. However, [3] the revenue generated from wireless networks has not increased at the same rate as traffic, posing a challenge for operators.
The document discusses passive optical LAN (POLAN) technology. It provides an overview of POLAN components and fundamentals, including how it uses single mode fiber and splitters to provide connectivity to end users. POLAN offers benefits over traditional copper networks like lower costs, reduced power consumption, and space savings. The document also covers sample POLAN layouts, supported network protocols, bandwidth and quality of service capabilities, and typical enterprise bandwidth needs.
Proxy Mobile IPv6 is a network-based mobility management protocol standardized
recently in IETF. This protocol is being referenced in various system architectures
such as a protocol for building a common and access independent mobile core. Currently, there are number of extensions that are being specified for extending this protocol to support various mobility features. This document provides a brief overview of the protocol features and the deployment scenarios behind these features. Additionally, this document also identifies the developmental efforts within Cisco for building the interfaces based on Proxy Mobile IPv6 on Cisco’s mobile gateway products.
Next Generation all property, all fiber networks are the way of the future. This paper helps any reader to gain a better understanding of why switched networks are at their usable end of life and how campus networks will transform not just technical but budgetary capability.
This article gives an overview of the Open IPTV Forum, whose aim is to
work out a future-proof standard for evolving IPTV services. The authors
summarize the main features and requirements addressed by the Open
IPTV Forum and present Ericsson’s take on how some of the challenges
raised by the forum ought to be resolved.
Magpie provides smart grid capabilities including integrated communications networks, smart meters, microgrid energy management systems, and utility back office solutions. It helps utilities and customers in two ways: by providing professional services like custom software development and product roadmap assistance, and by developing smart grid technologies and products. Magpie has experience in areas like home area networks, demand response, and developing secure web portals and interfaces between utilities and consumers. It offers services in applications development, intelligent networks, energy management, and protocols.
The document discusses two network protocols, GTP and PMIP, that help mobile operators support IP mobility across heterogeneous radio access networks to maintain session continuity. GTP was originally developed for GPRS networks while PMIP is a more recent IETF standard. The document focuses on the technical and economic attributes of GTP and PMIP-based mobility solutions for optimizing interworking between Wi-Fi and other mobile networks in 3G and EPC environments. Operators must choose between these protocols based on their goals and the standards supported by clients.
This document provides an overview of 3GPP LTE technology. It discusses the evolution of 3GPP standards and the advancement needed for high data rates, including the use of OFDM(A) and SC-FDMA. It provides a brief introduction to LTE including its radio interface architecture, downlink and uplink transmissions, and cell search procedure. Relevant 3GPP specifications for LTE are also listed.
This document provides an introduction to 4th generation (4G) wireless networks. It discusses the history and evolution of previous mobile technologies (1G, 2G, 3G). 4G aims to provide higher data rates, seamless coverage, and support for multimedia services through an all-IP based network. The document outlines some key design objectives and technologies for 4G including addressing issues like heterogeneous networks, mobility management, quality of service, and security. It also discusses applications and challenges of 4G such as billing across multiple operators and reconfigurable terminal technology.
The document discusses key concepts related to Next Generation Networks (NGN). It describes the NGN reference architecture which includes a transfer network to carry information flows, a network control for establishing links, and service control related to the final service provided to users. It also discusses NGN services, quality of service parameters, mobility, nomadism, presence management, resource control, identification and authentication, metering and monitoring, and security issues in NGN. Finally, it provides examples of NGN soft switch architecture and BSNL's migration strategy to NGN.
Mobile broadband provides opportunities for business and consumers. LTE technology delivers high data rates and throughput. It can support a wide range of spectrum allocations. Nokia Siemens Networks provides a complete end-to-end LTE solution including flexible base stations, core network equipment, and professional services to ensure a smooth migration from current 3G networks to LTE.
VoIP is an emerging technology that uses the internet to transmit phone calls rather than traditional telephone networks. It has the potential to significantly lower phone costs for consumers while improving quality. VoIP services are already commercially available and most are low cost or free. However, the existing telecommunications regulations only apply to traditional phone networks, so a new regulatory framework is needed to address VoIP. Both incumbent phone companies and new internet-based companies see opportunities in VoIP, but there are debates around how it should be regulated.
In 2002, Liberty Technologies, then exclusively an infrastructure provider to ISPs in Panama, was assigned a portion of the 3.5-GHz spectrum by the Panamanian government. Liberty launched a residential network service based on Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) wireless networking technology. The company determined that deploying a wired or cable service would be prohibitively expensive and would not allow for a competitively priced broadband service. Instead, a wireless network could be deployed quickly and inexpensively and had a promising future as a WAN access technology.
How do the 802.11u and HotSpot 2.0 work?Michal Jarski
This document provides a detailed overview of the 802.11u and Hotspot 2.0 protocols which enhance Wi-Fi capabilities for network discovery, selection, and roaming. It describes how new information elements are used to advertise network properties and capabilities. Key elements include the Interworking element which provides details on access network type and security, and the Roaming Consortium element which identifies supported credential providers. The Advertisement Protocol element allows clients to query the access point for additional details using the Access Network Query Protocol. The specifications aim to improve the Wi-Fi user experience when connecting to unfamiliar networks.
This document discusses mobile data offloading using femtocells and WiFi. It provides an overview of femtocell technology compared to WiFi offloading, explaining how femtocells can extend coverage and increase capacity by handling indoor data traffic. The document also outlines some of the challenges in implementing femtocell networks, such as interference management, quality of service, and network synchronization.
Widyatama.lecture.applied networking.iv-week-13.future internet networkingDjadja Sardjana
The document discusses future directions for internet architecture to accommodate emerging wireless and sensor networking needs. It proposes evolutionary, overlay, and revolutionary strategies. Evolution involves extending IP to support mobility and wireless scenarios. Overlays create new optimized networks working across the internet. Revolution specifies a new "beyond IP" network for mobile/wireless applications. All approaches aim to revise networking assumptions and design for new capabilities.
A&B Solutions Data Product Portfolio External 12 07 2011acaiani
The document provides an overview of Colt Data Product Portfolio including access and backbone solutions. It describes Colt's bandwidth and Ethernet services that provide secure, private and reliable connectivity across Europe. These include Colt Link leased line connections, Colt Dark Fibre, Colt Wavelength services, Colt LANLink point-to-point and hub-and-spoke Ethernet services, and Colt E-PN any-to-any Ethernet services.
Colt provides an overview of their MPLS NNI product which allows customers to extend their MPLS network. Key points include:
1. MPLS NNI provides access to Colt's extensive MPLS network across 22 countries and 39 major cities through a single connection point.
2. It offers more cost-effective and flexible access compared to traditional private networks or individual circuits by utilizing Colt's shared MPLS backbone.
3. Customers can interconnect their network to Colt's MPLS network through redundant NNI connections in over 53 locations across Europe.
4G World Mobile Backhaul Summit. If you missed it in person, feel free to view it online.
Speakers:
Mark Casey, CFN Services, Incorporated
Mike Dodson, Utopian Wireless
Doug Smith, Digital Bridge
Dan Graf, Leap Wireless/Cricket Communications
If you have any questions please contact CFN Services at backhaul@cfnservices.com
Future Technologies and Testing for Fixed Mobile Convergence,SAE and LTE in C...Going LTE
This white paper discusses future technologies for fixed-mobile convergence including LTE and SAE. It defines fixed-mobile convergence as providing consistent services via any fixed or mobile access point. The paper describes the motivation for convergence including mobility and consistent services. It outlines the LTE/SAE introduction and technologies including the evolved packet core and all-IP architecture. Key aspects of LTE such as physical layer channels and protocols are also summarized. The purpose is to support an integrated network through the IP Multimedia Subsystem for high-speed mobile experiences comparable to fixed broadband.
Get Ready for the Next Generation Diameter Signaling Controller (DSC)Dialogic Inc.
Mobile telecommunications has a significant economic impact and the market is growing rapidly. Signaling protocols like Diameter contain valuable network data that can be used for more than just connectivity. A next-generation signaling controller can orchestrate signaling across networks and protocols to accelerate new services, drive down costs, enable roaming between technologies, and allow customized user experiences for competitive differentiation.
The document discusses trends in the telecommunications industry from 2007 to 2010 and beyond. It notes that [1] connections for both fixed broadband and wireless networks increased substantially during this period, as did usage of smartphones, tablets, and applications. It also states that [2] mobile data traffic and wireless device connections are expected to continue growing exponentially in the coming years, driven by increased video consumption and the proliferation of new connected devices and machines. However, [3] the revenue generated from wireless networks has not increased at the same rate as traffic, posing a challenge for operators.
The document discusses passive optical LAN (POLAN) technology. It provides an overview of POLAN components and fundamentals, including how it uses single mode fiber and splitters to provide connectivity to end users. POLAN offers benefits over traditional copper networks like lower costs, reduced power consumption, and space savings. The document also covers sample POLAN layouts, supported network protocols, bandwidth and quality of service capabilities, and typical enterprise bandwidth needs.
Proxy Mobile IPv6 is a network-based mobility management protocol standardized
recently in IETF. This protocol is being referenced in various system architectures
such as a protocol for building a common and access independent mobile core. Currently, there are number of extensions that are being specified for extending this protocol to support various mobility features. This document provides a brief overview of the protocol features and the deployment scenarios behind these features. Additionally, this document also identifies the developmental efforts within Cisco for building the interfaces based on Proxy Mobile IPv6 on Cisco’s mobile gateway products.
Next Generation all property, all fiber networks are the way of the future. This paper helps any reader to gain a better understanding of why switched networks are at their usable end of life and how campus networks will transform not just technical but budgetary capability.
This article gives an overview of the Open IPTV Forum, whose aim is to
work out a future-proof standard for evolving IPTV services. The authors
summarize the main features and requirements addressed by the Open
IPTV Forum and present Ericsson’s take on how some of the challenges
raised by the forum ought to be resolved.
Magpie provides smart grid capabilities including integrated communications networks, smart meters, microgrid energy management systems, and utility back office solutions. It helps utilities and customers in two ways: by providing professional services like custom software development and product roadmap assistance, and by developing smart grid technologies and products. Magpie has experience in areas like home area networks, demand response, and developing secure web portals and interfaces between utilities and consumers. It offers services in applications development, intelligent networks, energy management, and protocols.
Magpie & Green Energy Announce Partnershipimpodgirl
Magpie TI and Green Energy Corporation announce a strategic partnership to develop open source smart grid software solutions based on emerging industry standards. The partnership combines Magpie's software engineering expertise with Green Energy's experience in the energy industry. Magpie engineers will work with Green Energy to design secure, scalable solutions to support new solid state power equipment using a plug-and-play approach. The goal is to replace legacy systems with open vendor-independent solutions.
Magpie is a leading provider of software engineering services for smart energy companies, with expertise in communications protocols, firmware, service-oriented architectures, and high availability deployments. They help clients realize timely, quality solutions by providing advanced software skills and mature development processes in areas like energy management systems, home area networks, demand response, and meter data management. Magpie specializes in the software and firmware needed to collaboratively integrate various smart grid technologies.
Red Hat, Green Energy Corp & Magpie - Open Source Smart Grid Plataform - ...impodgirl
The Pacific Northwest smart grid demonstration project led by Battelle Memorial Institute aims to validate the costs and benefits of smart grid technology. The $88.8 million project involves 12 utilities across 5 northwest states and will test technologies like dynamic pricing signals and demand response. It seeks to better integrate renewable energy and improve system efficiency over its 5-year duration. Red Hat is also entering the smart grid industry through a partnership with Grid Exchange Corporation to develop an open-source smart grid software integration platform applying standards like ICCP.
This document describes a service-oriented architecture for data acquisition and control in the electric utility industry. The key challenges addressed are bridging operational and information technologies, avoiding brittle architectures, removing isolated systems, and managing growing remote sensor data and workforce changes. The proposed architecture uses a message-oriented middleware with AMQP and protocol buffers. It supports a RESTful design with core services for measurements, commands, events, and alarm management to integrate grid operations.
Mobile data usage is growing exponentially driven by smartphones, but most data usage occurs indoors where wireless coverage is poor. Traditional macro-cellular networks cannot meet long-term mobile broadband demands. Femtocells provide a solution by creating "personal" indoor base stations that improve coverage and capacity through spatial reuse. Key challenges include interference avoidance between macrocells and femtocells as well as developing applications enabled by femtocell awareness of mobile and home networks. Femtocells promise benefits for both consumers through improved in-home experience and operators through lower costs and new services.
Mobile data usage is growing exponentially as smartphones become more popular. However, most mobile data is used indoors where signal from macro cellular towers is poor. While 4G technologies can provide some improvements, the macro cellular architecture alone cannot meet long term demands. Femtocells provide a solution by creating small, low-power cellular base stations that can be installed in homes to provide dedicated indoor coverage and capacity. This improves the user experience through better signal strength and dedicated bandwidth. Femtocells also enable new applications through awareness of both mobile and home networks. However, challenges remain around interference avoidance when femtocells overlap with macro networks.
This document provides an overview of 5G wireless systems. It discusses the evolution of wireless technologies from 1G to 5G, comparing key aspects like bandwidth and deployment dates. The vision of 5G is described as creating a "real wireless world" without limitations by integrating different networks. Features of 5G include high resolution, large data broadcasting in gigabytes, and remote management. Key concepts involve using IPv6, a unified global standard, and technologies like cognitive radio. Major challenges of 5G implementation are also mentioned.
Wireless mesh networks provide opportunities for broadband internet access, extending wireless LAN coverage, mobile internet access, emergency response, and more. They compare favorably to existing technologies due to lower upfront investments, good bandwidth and coverage, and ease of deployment in some cases. However, research challenges remain around the physical layer, medium access control, routing, security, and other areas. Ongoing work aims to improve performance through techniques like smart antennas, transmission power control, and use of multiple channels.
Firetide is a market leader in providing wireless mesh networking equipment for public safety applications like real-time video surveillance. Their unique core technology includes multiple patents and their equipment has been proven through 3000 worldwide installations. Firetide's mesh technology provides high performance and reliability comparable to fiber networks, with benefits like ease of deployment and mobility. They are expanding into new markets like transportation, smart grid, and utilities and recently raised $8.6 million in funding.
The document describes a multifunctional smart city platform called PE.AMI that was proposed for San Francisco. It is an integrated and interoperable open standard wireless network that can connect various city services like street lights, electric meters, EV charging stations, and traffic lights/management. The platform uses a full mesh network of low power nodes and gateways to remotely monitor and control applications. It is designed to be scalable, support multiple applications, and preserve the city's existing investments over time. A pilot project was proposed to test the network connecting lights, meters, EV chargers and traffic signals.
Smart Grid a greenfield application for IPv6, hence the Internet. Presented at IISc, Bangalore as part of TEC and IPv6 Forum Workshop on Greenfield Applications for Transition to IPV6 in India.
Event | LTE Americas
Manish Singh, VP of Product Line Management, Continuous Computing
When: Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Topic: Embedding LTE into Notebooks and Consumer Devices, How Important will this be for the Success
of LTE?
• Importance of having notebooks and devices that are embedded with LTE chipsets
• How soon will dual mode CDMA and LTE embedded devices become available
• Examining the market opportunities for LTE devices, what is possible and when will this become a reality?
• What challenges do consumer electronics companies face with embedding devices with wireless
connectivity?
• Are consumer electronics companies willing to subsidise devices that have LTE connectivity?
This document provides an overview of 5G technology, including its evolution from earlier generations of cellular technology, key aspects of its architecture and hardware/software, features, advantages, and applications. It discusses the progression from 1G to 2G to 3G to 4G networks and the increased speeds and capabilities offered by each generation. The document then describes 5G network architecture, hardware, software, features like high speeds and low latency, and potential applications including high-speed mobile networks, internet of things, smart homes/cities, and autonomous driving.
This document provides an overview of 5G technology, including its evolution from earlier generations of cellular technology, key aspects of its architecture and hardware/software, features, advantages, and applications. It discusses the progression from 1G to 2G to 3G to 4G networks and the increased speeds and capabilities offered by each generation. The document then describes 5G network architecture, hardware, software, features such as high speeds and low latency, and advantages like support for IoT. Finally, it outlines several applications of 5G like high-speed mobile networks, smart homes and cities, logistics/shipping, industrial IoT, autonomous driving, and more.
The document discusses the economic impact and benefits of 5G technology. It estimates that 5G will boost the U.S. GDP by $500 billion and create 3 million new jobs. Additionally, 5G solutions applied to vehicle traffic and electrical grids could produce $160 billion in benefits and savings for local communities. The major challenges of 5G include developing the necessary hardware and software to enable speeds over 1 Gbps and connecting billions of devices globally with low latency.
Enel, AWS, and Athonet: Connecting Millions of IoT Devices on Private LTE (TL...Amazon Web Services
The upcoming launch of unlicensed spectrums globally, including CBRS in the USA (and later MulteFire globally), sXGP in Japan, and LAA in France, opens up new opportunities for deployment of 5G-ready industrial-grade private LTE networks integrated for industrial IoT applications. Deploying a private LTE network requires key considerations of both localized and widely distributed networks for highly resilient, low-latency broadband and narrow band (LTE-M, NB-IoT) LTE communications. In this workshop, we dive deep into how Enel plans to integrate millions of devices across power plants and field devices to AWS IoT using a private LTE network from Athonet to realize a smart electricity enterprise. Enel is one of the world's largest electricity utilities, with a 30-million smart meter program in Italy that has underlying LTE connectivity through a private MVNO. Athonet is a market leader globally in private LTE, with over 100 dedicated LTE networks globally for industry, public safety, and digital use cases, providing the mobile core network for Enel's private MVNO.
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1. Analyzing the HAN Firmware
Maintenance Problem
November 2009
Marcia Martin
Director, Systems Engineering & Smart Energy Practice
303–453–8323 marcia@magpieti.com
Roxanna Podlogar
Vice President of Sales & Marketing
303–453–8380 roxy@magpieti.com
12050 N. Pecos Street, Suite 210
Denver, CO 80234
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2. Problem Statement
Providing the ability to remotely upgrade Home Area
Networks (HANs) is a CRITICAL NEED for the Smart Grid.
Why?
Utilities will use HANs to create 2-way communication with
customers.
HANs will reside in millions of households.
Dispatching a utility truck to upgrade HAN firmware is
cost-prohibitive.
Failures or security breaches in the energy management
infrastructure can threaten the energy grid itself.
No consensus has been established as to how solve the
problem.
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3. What is a Home Area Network (HAN)?
Low-cost, in-home network of intelligent devices
Usually wireless, mesh architecture
• ZigBee More about mesh
• WiFi networks
later on…
Alternatives
• HomePlug (a powerline mechanism)
Devices have limited or absent user interfaces
Usually no ability to access removable digital media
Originally “toys” for controlling home video, audio, lights
Now getting serious attention as a mechanism for
managing home’s energy consumption in the Smart Grid.
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4. What’s in an Energy-management HAN?
Smart Meter (advanced metering infrastructure)
Programmable Thermostat
In-home Display
DR-enabled smart plug
Range Extender
GE Smart Fridge
RE
HAN/Internet Gateway
More…
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5. HAN Connectivity Options
Advanced
Metering
Infrastructure (AMI)
[Private
Infrastructure;
Proprietary
Protocols]
RE
Internet
Accesses
utility portal
but not HAN
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6. Gateways to the HAN RF
Mesh or
ZigBee
Cellular AMI
Radio
Radio
HAN
RE
Backhaul to
Internet
Ethernet
connection
ZigBee to home
Radio DSL or
Cable Internet
Modem
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7. The Bigger Network Picture
Advanced
Metering
Infrastructure
[Private
Infrastructure;
Proprietary
Protocols]
Neighborhood Area
Concentrator
Utility
Consumer Energy
Cellular or
Portal Services
Fiber
Provider (ESP)
Backhaul
Internet
Public
Utility
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8. Observations
Two or three potential data paths from HAN to ESP
• AMI infrastructure (safest, least cost solution)
• HAN/Internet specialized gateway device (not always present)
• Internet-connected home computer (not typically part of the HAN)
Network Services provided to the HAN
• Data Collection (extension of AMI)
• Demand Response signaling and opt-in/opt-out messaging
• Consumer Rate Management
Emerging model for Energy Management Services
• Commercial Energy Service Providers (ESPs) partner with utilities
• Utilities own the data collected by the ESPs
• Consumers access data via Utility Internet Portal
• Consumers access data via HAN-connected in-home display
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9. Why HANs Need Software Distribution
Security Breaches
• Protect Consumer Privacy
• Protect the Grid
Support for New Features
• Two-way communication between Consumer & Utility in its infancy
• Demand Response
• Time of Use
Interoperability Issues
• Consumer expects to be free to introduce devices from any source
• Consumer will expect utility features to always work (!)
Software defects
• Inevitable
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10. You think it won’t happen?
2005 – Toyota recalls 75,000 Prius hybrids for a firmware
defect
2004 – Pontiac recalls Grand Prix because firmware failed
to adjust for leap years
2002 – BMW 745i had fuel pump that would shut off
when the tank became less than 1/3 full
2001 – 52,000 Jeeps recalled due to software defect that
shut down the whole instrument panel
– “Total Recall” Jack Ganssle, 2/6/2006 in embedded.com
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11. Some Wireless AMI Network Options
RF Mesh (42% of Utilities in the US favor)
• Itron
• Landis+Gyr
• Elster
• Silver Spring Networks (add-on)
• Trilliant (add-on)
Tower-based Communications
• Sensus (7 million meters under contract)
Cellular Networks
• Favored in Europe – little US adoption so far, but…
• Echelon
• SmartSynch
– Source: Advanced Metering, Jeff St. John, June 5, 2009 in
greentechmedia.com, reporting on a survey of over 100 utilities by Atlanta-
based energy research firm Chartwell.
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12. Power Line Networking
Popular in Europe
100% connectivity to meters
High bandwidth (comparable to broadband)
Downsides
• Cost
• Modulating power interferes with ham and emergency bands
Italian model – short runs over power lines from meters to
concentrators that are gateways onto internet
infrastructure
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13. Magnitude of the HAN Upgrade Problem
Example: ONCOR, Texas
700,000 Landis+Gyr Smart Meters by year end 2009
3 Million Meters deployed by end of 2012
The Gridstream™ solution is compliant with ZigBee®
Smart Energy Profile 1.0
On Sept. 14, 2009 Landis+Gyr announced a Program to
certify HAN device interoperability with its AMI Solution at
the SEP 1.0 level
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14. How Much Data Must Move?
Assume:
• 32k average firmware load per HAN device
• 6 devices per HAN
• 3 Million Households in Utility Network
Approximately 200k bytes to upgrade entire HAN
Move 600 GB to upgrade all households in the Utility
Where are the bottlenecks in the network?
What are time interval requirements for upgrade?
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15. Bandwidth Bottlenecks
Network Top Data Rate Households per Approximate
Technology (Bandwidth) Band Push Time
ZigBee 250 Kbps 1 1-3 sec/device
25 KB/sec 8-20 sec/HAN
DSL to 24 Mbps 1 .1 sec to laptop
household (max download) or HAN
2.4 MB/sec gateway
Neighborhood 100Mbps 5 to 5000
Area 10 MB/sec
Concentrator (100 bT Enet)
900 Mhz 20 Kbps 5 to 5000 16 sec/device to
RF Mesh 2 KB/sec depending on meter broadcast
(cheapest AMI) technology or single thread
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16. Bottleneck Analysis Takeaways
The ZigBee distribution time for one household is
acceptable.
Firmware updates don’t pose a problem for internet-
connected HANs.
Direct-connect to internet for every HAN is expensive
• Dedicated IP/ZigBee gateway $200-300
• USB ZigBee Dongle for home computer $60
– And, oops, computer can be turned off!
• All homes have meters – not all homes have broadband.
THE BIG QUESTION: Can the AMI network meet the
firmware distribution requirements?
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17. Is the AMI Infrastructure Good Enough?
“Normal” load on AMI Mesh
• 60KB/meter/day = about 1 character per second per household*
• Or 5KB/sec per “neighborhood”
• Actually this is typically concentrated in bursts on 15-minute intervals
• Firmware distribution should not unduly disrupt this traffic, but
• Many meters can store some interval data
Two models for firmware distribution
• Broadcast
– All households receive same download
– Houses that can’t use or don’t need the broadcast ignore it
• Connection-oriented
– Examples: HTTP or FTP download
– “Conversation” between house meter and ESP’s NOC
– Can be tailored to individual household’s device types & topology
– Greater potential for stressing the mesh’s capacity
* Implementing the Right Network for The Smart Grid. www.UtilitiesProject.com
Raj Vaswani & Eric Dresselhuys, Sliver Spring Networks
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18. Mesh Behavior of the AMI
Every meter acts as a repeater for adjacent meters
Not a problem for broadcasts
Connection-oriented streams can overrun the mesh
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19. Mesh Behavior
This connection stream pattern stresses the mesh
These repeaters
have too much
work to do!
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20. Mesh Behavior
This connection stream pattern doesn’t
Each connection has own path from concentrator to meter
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21. How long to update all 3 Million HANs?
One household at a time, 3333 days or ~9 years.
If all households were updated simultaneously by
broadcast, about 2 minutes, assuming:
• No load failures occurred
• All households contained same 6 devices (or a subset thereof)
• Neither assumption is realistic.
What assumptions are realistic?
• Would NOT broadcast to the whole service area all at the same time.
– Too big a disruption if the broadcast code load were wrong.
• Several rebroadcasts of each load will be needed, or
• A fallback method is available to deal with individual home failures.
• Interval between broadcasts allows for failure reports to come in.
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22. NEMA SG-AMI 1-2009 Standard
Establishes requirements for updating smart meter
firmware over the AMI.
• HAN gateway component shall be upgradeable independently from
AMI network component.
• Meter shall be able to store new code load while running off old code.
• Meter shall be able to detect and signal load failures.
• Meter shall defer booting new load until signaled to do so.
• Meter shall be able to revert to old code load or enter a safe state.
• Meter shall be able to authenticate trusted distribution sources.
• Standards are established for secure encryption of transmissions.
What NEMA SG-AMI 1-2009 does not do:
• Define any actual protocol for transmitting firmware loads.
• Prefer one distribution model over another.
• Require interoperability among different vendors’ products.
• Address the additional requirements and failure modes HANs
introduce.
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23. Meter Upgrade Broadcast Scenario
1. Broadcast Meter Upgrade out of 1st Neighborhood Area
Concentrator (up to 5000 homes)
2. Wait 1 hour while compiling failure rate information.
3. Re-broadcast if there are any failures.
4. Determine how many homes are still not upgraded.
5. Assuming failure rate is acceptably low, repeat steps 1-4
for additional NAC areas until all zones are upgraded.
6. Use fallback update method on failed homes.
1. Root-cause analysis on failure patterns.
2. Connection oriented update attempts.
3. Truck rolls as appropriate.
7. Issue command for meters to deploy new firmware.
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24. How long to upgrade 3 million meters?
2 hours for initial 1-zone trial.
Double zones involved for second round.
Double zones for each successful round subsequent.
Assume 600-1000 zones total.
(Each concentrator serves up to 5000 meters).
Process would complete in 18-20 hours (2 * log2(1000)).
This estimate excludes accounting for meters that failed to
upgrade after repeated broadcast attempt.
Depending on meter architecture and ESP’s firmware
management architecture, 1 hour interval between
broadcasts may be too short or too long.
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25. Why is a HAN upgrade different?
Feature upgrade to a single HAN device is not different,
providing:
• The upgrade does not affect the firmware load capability,
• The upgrade does not affect the security model,
• The upgrade does not affect the mesh networking logic.
If one or more of the above provisions don’t hold, then
usually all HAN devices, not just one, needs to be
upgraded.
Many HAN devices being deployed today lack the ability
to store a firmware load and defer rebooting it into
production.
This could impose constraints on the upgrade order for
devices in a whole-HAN upgrade.
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26. Additional Requirements for Upgrading HANS
HAN devices should adopt many of the meter requirements
described in NEMA SG-AMI 1-2009:
• Separately upgradeable “application” logic and network logic.
• Ability to accept code load (securely delivered from trusted source)
without deploying it until commanded.
• Ability to alert when code load fails and/or respond to version query.
• Ability to enter safe state (preferably still able to communicate) when an
upgrade fails or hardware failure is detected during upgrade.
HAN device topology and capabilities must be discoverable
(example in ZigBee terms)
• Is device endpoint, router, or controller capable?
• Version of running & loaded network & application code
• Distance (hops) from nearest router & controller.
Ideally, load and deployment protocols are standard (a
stronger requirement than NEMA placed on meters.
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27. Conclusions
Upgrades to single device types are manageable via
broadcast techniques even over least-capable AMI
networks.
Tailored connection-oriented whole-HAN upgrades are
practical only on HANs with broadband-class connectivity.
A real-world emergency upgrade of an entire HAN-
enabled service area including many heterogeneous
devices is not practical over least-capable AMI networks.
• “Emergency” defined as can be accomplished in one weekend.
• Experience will tell whether this capability will be needed or not.
• Deeper analysis of security and distribution failure modes is needed.
• Broadcast-only distribution model falls down if HAN devices cannot
accept a firmware load but defer deployment of it.
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28. Process Requirements
So far, we’ve discussed only physical connectivity
Firmware publication process:
• Establishing distribution repositories for binary images
• Versioning and interoperability
• Who is responsible for testing and certification?
• Who controls and tracks distribution?
Standard protocol for HAN devices to accept firmware
loads (proposals before ZigBee Alliance now)
HAN discovery (distributor must know all this stuff)
• Device ID and Level for all devices
• Topology (WAN connectivity, proximity to concentrator, and topology
of HAN inside the house)
• Distribution failure modes & remedies are a topic for another
presentation!
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29. State of the Art (in the field)
Most HAN device vendors offer some sort of network
distribution for updating device firmware
• Control4
• Tendril
• Gridpoint… and others, too
No HAN firmware distribution standard is yet approved
NEMA SG-AMI 1-2009 requirements for meters
• Does not set protocol standard
• Does not require interoperability among meter vendors
• Only touches on the HAN problem
Vendor solutions are therefore incompatible
Existing ESP solutions limit the devices the utility supports
• Support only one proprietary upgrade mechanism
• No ESP deployments really old enough to test firmware distribution
capability
• Many do not handle intra-HAN dependencies
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30. Who owns the problem?
Possible candidates:
• Consumers
• Device Vendors “The Consumer cannot be
permitted to own the
• Retail Outlets (== consumers) process of upgrading the
Energy Management HAN.”
• ESP/Utility Partnership
• Regulatory bodies
--GridWeek 2009
Panel Session on Network
Security
Roles to fill
• Set interoperability standards
• Create and publish firmware updates
• Interoperability and Replace-ability Testing
• Publish interoperability results
• Coordinate distribution to homes
• Correct distribution failures
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31. Thank you for your time and attention!
Any questions?
Want to know more?
http://www.magpieti.com/whitepapers
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32. Image Credits
Itron Centerpoint Smart Meter: www.centerpoint.com.
Comverge in-home display. www.comverge.com.
ecobee™ smart thermostat. www.ecobee.com.
Daintree MeshOperator Management Gateway.
www.daintree.net.
GE Smart Fridge, image from www.thatsthestuff.com.
Electrical Outlet, image from www.mindrights.com.
Sony VAIO notebook. www.sony.com.
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33. About the Author
Marcia Martin is the Director of Systems Engineering – Smart Energy, for
Magpie, a specialty software services company in Denver, CO. With over 20
years of technology experience, Marcia has dedicated her career to innovating
in emerging technology fields in the storage, telecom and health care domains.
Her role in Magpie’s Smart Energy Practice is to transfer well-accepted
technology principles, methodologies and tools that are recognized by
communications, information technology, and related disciplines into the
products of Smart Energy companies.
Marcia holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Computer
Science from Washington University's Sever Institute of Technology in St.
Louis, MO.
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34. About Magpie
When Your Business Depends On Software™
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company specializes in solving tough technology problems for communication–enabled
applications, business support systems, interactive Internet applications, and network
protocol integration. The Magpie team is well known for its Agile, iterative, and open
software development process. With customers spanning North America, Magpie has
consistently delivered on–time, on–budget results for the telecom, health information,
and emerging smart–grid energy industries.
Magpie’s core expertise in the telecommunications arena has supported and enhanced
Magpie’s growing Smart Energy practice, as companies innovating in Smart Energy
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about this emerging field!
The company warranties all its work and also has unique expertise in providing systems
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