XTran - Communication Solutions For Smart Cities - A4 - E-20210129 Versie 5 Febr 2021
XTran - Communication Solutions For Smart Cities - A4 - E-20210129 Versie 5 Febr 2021
XTran - Communication Solutions For Smart Cities - A4 - E-20210129 Versie 5 Febr 2021
XTran: Communication
solutions for Smart Cities
XTran Communication solutions for Smart Cities
Stefaan Verhoeven
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Towards smarter cities
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XTran Communication solutions for Smart Cities
Mobility Energy
Metro, light rails, tramways, busses, cars, motorcycle and More than 50% of the world’s population lives in cities, and
bikes allow people to get around in a city. In the past the still growing. Needless to say that cities have a big impact
different transport modes were independent and often on climate change. Various initiatives are launched by the
conflicting. Busses or trams got stuck in car traffic, bikers local, national and international administration (e.g. E.U.)
were sitting targets… Things are gradually changing. Cities to decrease energy consumption in big cities.
organize themselves and use ICT at its best to make sure
that the different modes of transportation integrate Public buildings represent about 12% of total built floor
seamlessly. area. Energy efficiency retrofits and energy management
in public buildings do not only directly reduce energy
Cars and cities didn’t go well together in the past. Today costs but it also has a role model effect on the private
however, there are smart ways to combat congestion in a and commercial sector. Energy consumption of public
city. Adaptive Traffic Signals control the flow of traffic and buildings can be monitored and controlled remotely by
the idle time at traffic lights. Smart Corridors keep drivers all kinds of smart devices.
up to date with what lies ahead: upcoming accidents,
impending weather events, road works, road saturation, Another item on which energy can be saved it the
etc. Realtime Traffic Monitoring systems illustrate where streetlights. With modern, remotely controlled smart
public buses, taxis and other modes of transit are LEDs, the street lights not only consume far less energy,
located. The system will even guide the driver to a free they can also adapt to all circumstances easily.
parking space.
Parameters on the air quality, e.g. CO2, NO2 and PMx, are
There’s a lot of technology required to accomplish this: picked up from sensors scattered around the city. This
camera’s, variable message signs, IoT sensors (Internet data can be used to manage traffic, for medical purposes
of Things) just to name a few. And of course a reliable or to reach climate-change goals.
network infrastructure.
Efficient information
Safety
A smart city should offer its inhabitants and visitors to-
LPR (License Plate Recognition) camera’s monitor the the-point and up-to-date information. This info should be
traffic, check the speed, detect pollutant cars, track proactive and in line with the needs of the user. A city-
reported vehicles, etc. HD camera’s secure public places wide Wi-Fi network offering these services is desirable.
and shopping centers. Demonstrations and events are For example a visitor approaching a place of interest
kept a close eye on. should receive the relevant info on his smartphone. In a
smart city the smartphone replaces the traditional tourist
Security and police forces look after the safety of the office and more.
citizens. From different control rooms throughout the
city they can check out every situation. They rely on
sophisticated tools such as face recognition software to Health
prevent crime.
In the past, medical interventions on site where performed
Depending on the location, early warning systems are with limited information. A call to the emergency center
in put in place for storms, tsunamis, earthquakes or resulted in an ambulance heading towards the address
volcanic eruptions. of the caller. Nowadays all relevant data can be pulled
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together to do the intervention fast and successful. Data Since the number of specific applications is high and their
concerning the location including environmental data, nature diverse, the network should provide flawless
the patients medical records and even real time medical connectivity for all of these applications. Keep in mind
info of the patient e.g. by using medical wearables, can that there are often legacy systems that need to be
be at the fingertips of every person involved. First-aid hooked up. Whether it’s an analogue voice application, a
helpers, doctors and even specialists in the hospitals secure data connection or a high bandwidth IT application,
waiting for the patient to be brought in, can share all the network should have the proper interfaces to handle
vital information. The ambulances are equipped with them all. Critical information should have priority over
sophisticated medical equipment and communications standard administrative data.
facilities enabling real time video/audio communications
between the parties. The route taken by the ambulance Real-time information should be transported fully
is optimal. Because saving lives is often a matter of time, transparent, in a deterministic way. This type of data is
integrated smart health solutions are indispensable. crucial for correct decision making.
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To name some of the benefits of MPLS-TP compared to Obviously, it is better suited for the ever increasing packet
MPLS: traffic, but despite being a packet based technology,
it offers the same functionality in terms of network
• Deterministic character and improved network resilience and predictability as SDH/SONET. Moreover,
predictability: on the OAM side, MPLS-TP offers unique features making
the network administrator’s life less complex.
• some MPLS features specifically developed for
the internet were removed in order to improve
network predictability, security and reliability
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XTran Communication solutions for Smart Cities
An XTran network consists of nodes, interconnected XTran comes with a unique set of features
by copper or fiber, and a management systems called
TXCare. A variety of node types is available providing the • Hitless switching on pseudowire circuits (1+1
ideal solution for each location. All remote nodes are protection). E.g. E1/T1, RSXX: this means that not
hardened and build without internal fans. The network a single bit of information will get lost in case of a
is perfectly scalable from tens of nodes to, potentially, failure of the prime route.
thousands of nodes. Any topology can be created with
• Fanless design.
the XTran portfolio. On the WAN side, gigabit Ethernet
and 10, 40 and 100 Gbps interfaces are available. • Sub 50 msec protection switching for any network
Requirement XTran
topology
High reliability • OAM according to Y.1731 and BFD provides
Unlimited capacity protection and performance management.
High connectivity
Real-time traffic
• Security: 802.1x, Radius Authentication, Port Security,
Multi-level security
Access Control Lists and wire speed encryption of
Future-proof
the links between the nodes to enhance security
Easy to use
(MACsec).
• Intrusion detection.
XTran comes with an unprecedented suite of interface
cards for legacy equipment, including E1, FXS, 4 wire and • L3 routing
serial, as well as state of the art Ethernet/PoE interface
• TXCare redundancy
boards and an additional routing board that adds IP
flexibility. • TXCare Predictive Care
• TXCare Northbound interface for integration in
One can create various types of logical tunnels between
umbrella network management system.
the nodes: point-to-point, multipoint, logical rings,... it’s
all possible on XTran. Creating back-up paths is only a
mouse click away. Network management is king
Predictable links is one of the key benefits of XTran. With With TXCare, OTN systems follows to a great extent the
TXCare, one is able to configure the delay, wander and SDN (Software Defined Networks) philosophy. A network
jitter on each individual connection. In this way, the time is as clever as its network management system. TXCare
critical applications will work flawlessly over an XTran offers end-to-end service performance monitoring,
network. element management and full network management.
Failures in the network are detected in advance as much
Redundancy is key in order to maximize network as possible (TXCare Predictive Care). Other failures are
availability. Common control, switching fabric, network diagnosed and repaired on the spot. And most important,
synchronization, uplinks, MPLS tunnels, pseudowires, TXcare is extremely intuitive and user friendly. It takes
power modules, OAM, ... all this can be duplicated. only 2 days of training to turn a network novice into a
Obviously, this results in spectacular figures for network TXcare expert having full control over the XTran network.
availability.
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Model XTD-2110-A XTR-2124-A XT-1104-A XT-2206-A XT-2209-A XT-2210-A XT-2215-A
Hardware
Redundant PSU -
Redundant CSM - - -
Din rail mountable - - - - -
Fan-less -
Modular slots - - 4 6 9 10 15
Connectivity
Ethernet (CU, F, PoE)
Sector interfaces 2 serial 2 serial
L3 Routing
Speed
Max WAN Speed 10G 10G 10G 10G 10G 10G 100G
Management
TXCare
SD Card
Local terminal
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XTran Communication solutions for Smart Cities
Future-proof
Fast diagnostics
RELIABLE operations in
harsh environments
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XTRAN: THE IDEAL NETWORK FOR
SMART CITIES
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XTran Communication solutions for Smart Cities
OTN SYSTEMS NV
Tel: +32 14 25 28 47
Fax: +32 14 25 20 23
E-mail: [email protected]
www.otnsystems.com
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