The Catalyst IR8140 Heavy Duty Series Router will be Cisco's first router to support new Capabilities for FAN 1.1.
In 2019 the Wi-SUN Alliance introduced the first certified products implementing Field Area Network 1.0, which is a secure, self-forming , self-healing IPv6 wireless mesh network designed to support smart utility, smart city and other use cases operating over large geographic areas.
Based on IETF IoT standards and sub-GHz IEEE 802.15.4 radio, there are today more than 90 certified products supporting electric utility metering, distribution automation, and municipal street lighting applications.
The world's top metering companies have developed FAN's new low power capabilities.
Low power nodes will be able to function for up to 20 years on battery, targeting use cases such as water metering, gas metering and various wide area, low power monitoring applications.
FAN 1.1 adds an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing PHY to the existing 2FSK support, meaning FAN 1.1 data rates will cover the range of 50 Kbps up to 2.4 Mbps. The higher data rates will be welcome for low latency utility distribution automation applications such as Fault Location Isolation and Restoration.
Mesh neighbors will be able to negotiate modulation and data rate.
North America, Brazil, Japan, and European Union operation is supported.
A single FAN 1.1 mesh can support thousands of Router nodes, each able to parent low power nodes.
A classic utility use case for this topology is a deployment of electric meters, each parenting one or more water or gas meters.
Adding additional meshes scales a deployment to millions of nodes.
A self-forming, self-healing mesh is formed amongst the Border Router and Routers.
The sub-GHz mesh RF links can stretch to a kilometer or more.
The Catalyst IR8100 Heavy Duty Series Industrial Router will be the first member of the Cisco Resilient Mesh solution to be FAN 1.1 certified.
Given its rugged design for harsh outdoor environments, flexible backhaul configuration, and security capabilities, the IR8140 is an ideal FAN 1.1 Border Router.
An individual IR8140 can root a mesh of thousands of FAN 1.1 devices, with millions of scale device networks achieved with the deployment of additional IR8140s.
Large FAN 1.1 networks require a network management system able to provide lifecycle management for million node networks.
Cisco IoT Field Network Director is purpose built and field proven to manage these large-scale networks.
Also see this additional information about Cisco Resilient Mesh products and Cisco Field Network Director.
Finally, if you are attending DISTRIBUTECH next week, join us at Booth 1135 to see the Catalyst IR8140 and our IoT Field Network Director in person, as well key solutions to help utilities with their grid modernization projects in grid security, substation automation, distribution automation, renewable energy, and more.
This Cyber News was published on feedpress.me. Publication date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:43:05 +0000