Communication Networks Universal multiplexer for utility networks FOX615 Power and productivity for a better world™

Today’s challenges Utilities today face a variety of challenges. Steep increases in power consumption, with no corresponding expansion of transmission and generation capacity, have led to severe pressure on power systems around the world. Cost efficiency adds to this pressure as more utilities are privatized and strive to minimize CAPEX and OPEX. With the introduction of distributed renewable power generation and the evolution of smarter grids, communication is becoming ever more important in the world of utilities. This, in turn, will lead to multidirectional power flows, which require reliable,...

Managing technology migration to protect your investments Guaranteed performance A particularly challenging aspect of network ownership is the anticipated migration to new technologies for utility communications. Most of the operational networks that currently provide real-time data services are based on TDM (SDH) technology. The deterministic behavior of this technology is fully compliant with the hard real-time requirements of power utility applications. TDM enables multiservice networks to transmit data from multiple applications, including teleprotection, operational telephony, SCADA and...

Utility communication – more than a telecom niche market Communication networks are a utility’s nervous system. While public telecom companies focus on providing communication services to millions of end-customers, utilities use communication networks to ensure the reliability of their grids. Unlike the world of public telecoms, electrical networks are generally composed of long-established infrastructure, where the demands on the communications channels are relatively static, comprising high availability (eg, 99.999%) coupled with a variety of application-specific requirements. Although there...

Application requirements – challenging communication networks Teleprotection functionality – safeguarding the electrical grid When short circuits occur on power lines, it is absolutely essential that the fault is cleared within tens of milliseconds. That means that the maximum communications delay, from end-to-end of the system, must be less than 10 milliseconds. Additional requirements include symmetrical communications delay times, redundant channel routing, with bidirectional switching and restricted signal jitter. If the application fails to operate correctly (too slowly or not at all), the...

FOX615, the universal solution for power utilities FOX615 provides the perfect combination of traditional TDM (PDH/ SDH) technology and sophisticated Ethernet/IP features to meet all requirements mentioned here. It allows easy integration into existing infrastructure and extension projects, enabling step-wise migration, while protecting investments. TDM and Ethernet/ IP services in one platform These two technologies are combined to address the performance criteria of utilities, demanding both real-time applications and packet-switched requirements of new Ethernet/IP based applications. This...

Integrated access and transport functionality help to reduce the OPEX The FOX615 is configured via an intuitive, user-friendly graphical user interface, which also facilitates easy maintenance of the device. Equipment views, configuration tabs and dropdown menus help the user to configure individual network elements, intuitively, and without specialist expertise. A strong network management system ensures that all elements are properly supervised, and allows easy channel programming, from 64 kBit/s to complete SDH links, using the networking package. FOX615’s modular platform provides scalability...

Full interoperability with FOX515 and easy migration to future technologies provides long-term protection of investments FOX615 – the perfect extension to FOX515 FOX615 is fully interoperable with the FOX515 platform. It is based on the same configuration philosophy and the equipment has the same format and appearance. This means that existing FOX515 networks can easily be expanded using FOX615 devices to provide full interoperability on individual communication channels, enabling the two FOX devices to communicate on the level of each single data channel. This, in turn, enables applications...

Integrated network management system solutions FOXMAN-UN network management system FOXMAN-UN is a powerful network management system, which can be used in combination with various ABB communication devices. FOX615 is fully integrated into FOXMAN-UN, and that includes FOX615’s utility-specific interfaces for distance and differential protection. FOXMAN-UN provides sophisticated supervision features, such as graphical representation of the communication network, a view of the synchronization status of FOX615 network elements and performance monitoring of inks. In addition, FOXMAN-UN allows certain...

FOX615 – a future proof solution FOX615 modular structure and can be extended with additional functionality at any time. This includes upgrades to packet-switched functionality, since the FOX615 chassis is equipped with fully redundant GbE and 10 GbE Ethernet star connections. ABB utility communications ABB is a long-standing and experienced supplier of solutions for power utilities. These include network supervision, protection systems and communication solutions for operational networks. ABB also actively participates in organizations like CIGRE, IEC and IEEE, contributing recommendations and...

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