Transport and Utility Networks

Utility networks are unique in terms of scale, sophistication, economics, service requirements and underlying strategy. Typically given special privileges including 'right of way' network access, Utilities are not bound to the conventional carrier network paradigm and can therefore evolve independent networks. On this basis, the Utility market vertical more broadly encompasses:

Utility Market	1600	800
Highest Edge Class availability and protection including trunk, tributary, CPU, clocking and power protections	Yes	Yes
Fully protected Ring Architecture support	Yes	Yes
Utility focused technologies including SCADA, Teleprotection, G.703 Compliant 64kbps Codirectional Interface, & Triple-Play	Yes
Corporate Security, Surveillance, and other peripheral service support (broadest-mix provisioning)	Yes	Yes
Maximized Service Efficiency with VCAT LCAS technology	Yes	Yes
Short and Long Range services	Yes	Yes
Support for an amalgamated Fiber, Dark Fiber and Microwave	Yes	Yes
Management, Diagnostics and Reporting Capabilities	Yes	Yes
Suitable for Rapid, Economical Deployment	Yes	Yes
Support for Tele Protection Fibre	Yes
Supports E-line (VLANs) over SDH	Yes

Like their Enterprise counterparts, Utilities identify networks as a cost center, very often removed from the core business or strategic focus of the utility. Unlike Enterprise customers, however, Utilities are often geographically expansive to an extent far beyond the reach of a standard carrier. Carriers may, for example, service to the perimeter of a mining community, but the responsibility of servicing within that vast, privately managed territory would fall to the Utility. Security and protection requirements are also commonly beyond the capabilities of a carrier, with even planned outages presenting unacceptable levels of service interruption. Also, the enormity of utility ventures demands a very broad service mix, including specialized telemetries, protection protocols and long range provisioning.

State apportioned Rights of Way are a strong impetus for Utilities to deploy private fiber optic networks incorporating tangential dark fiber and carrier connectivity. Resultant line lease savings present an opportunity for utility ventures to achieve profits or cost savings by expanding voice, video and data services into the broader network. This private fiber preference also lends itself to the customized service, security and protection requirements of utility ventures, and engenders the truly independent network.

Utility solutions are implemented in some of the world's harshest environments but still demand the highest quality with respect to management, flexibility and scalability. Pervasive element management is an equally important prerequisite for diversified Utility networks, and advanced diagnostics and reporting capabilities are an essential part of this.

The Haliplex Solution

Haliplex has created platforms that can be laid in ring topologies supporting transport of mission critical data, the world's most extensive service mix, and long range high speed servicing. Additionally, Haliplex platforms facilitate specialist market requirements including SCADA, Teleprotection, CCTV, PBX, Remote Management, Security provisioning, Hotline applications and emergency phones, Customer Service (billing, tagging and tracking), Enterprise overlap services (voice, video, data, IP), private microwave, and remote site peripheral support.

Tight coupling of microwave transmitter receiver communications in association with the functionality of the Integrated Management Router secures high protection of software switching and management tracking to any working channel - a feature unique to Haliplex and ideally suited to Utility private microwave.

Haliplex platforms are small, robust units with minimal points of failure and industry-standard environmental resilience, making them suitable for remote, harsh environment applications.

Temporary Service, Rapid Response

An important advantage of Haliplex's "consolidation" design philosophy is that platforms can be rapidly deployed, and instantly provisioned and configured for temporary service, rapid response, major event and disaster relief applications. A temporary service or rapid response operator can execute adds, moves and changes with the world's smallest form factor plug-and-play interface modules. Through remote connection, these system modifications can be instantly configured through a simple, fail-safe graphical interface, taking the hassle, complexity and time inefficiency out of high priority network management.