Management of Fiber Optics for Utilities

Management of Fiber OpticsFor Utilities

Agenda

Introductions

Informal Poll

Business Drivers

Desired Solution

Logical Provisioning

Online Solution

Business Benefits

Introductions

Skye Perry | SSP Innovations

Founder & Principal Consultant

Esri & Schneider Electric Technical Architect

SSP provides solutions for Electric, Gas, Water, & Telecom

Certified Fiber Manager Implementer

Architect of Logical Circuit Provisioning Extension

Informal Poll

How many utilities in the room own telecom infrastructure?

How many sell broadband for private or commercial use?

How many use GIS to track their telecom assets?

Does anyone use Schneider Electric Fiber Manager?

How many track logical circuit provisioning?

Business Drivers

Why Use GIS for Fiber Management?

Utility installation, provisioning, management and

maintenance of fiber optic networks is at an all time

high and growing.

Common Tasks / Roles at a Utility Engineering and design of telecom network

Managing installation of fiber optic cables

Managing 3rd party users of utility’s telecom network

Managing utility’s use of 3rd party networks

Managing leased capacity on carrier networks

Managing the profit center (sales, marketing, delivery) for resale

Manage installation and maintenance of all telecom assets and

equipment

High Volume of Telecom Assets

Telecom inherently includes MANY records… Ex.

Grand Junction, CO to Albuquerque, NM: 440 miles, 11 segments, 144 fibers per segment, 2 ports per

segment = approx 4800 fiber records.

One OC-48 Grand Junction, CO to Albuquerque, NM 11 segments, 48 STS’s per segment, 28 T1’s per STS, and 24 DS0’s

per T1 = approx 355,000 circuit records.

Utilities are installing additional miles of fiber every year

How is this data being tracked?

Excel Spreadsheets

Access Databases

Homegrown Systems

Paper

Maps are single line diagrams

Esri

AutoCAD

Google Earth

Significant Information Kept in Memory

Human memory, not computer memory!

Splices

Circuits

Bandwidth

Fiber Cnt

Locations

Ports

Services

Business Drivers

Common Issues:

Aging Workforce

No data intelligence

Slow and not user friendly

No GIS component

Not scalable

Missing required features Trace circuits

Manage fiber routes

Link to documentation

Track financial information

Etc.

Desired Solution

GIS-Based Application

Identify, review, analyze, and update key attributes of the

telecom network

Include collocation buildings, equipment locations, fiber optic

routes, microwave radio systems, MAS radio systems, USAT,

Coax, Copper

Geospatial database with robust mapping capabilities

Advanced telecom analytics:

Connectivity, Splicing, Tracing,

Reporting

Advanced: Provide ability to track

logical provisioning to the DS0 level

GIS-Based Telecom Asset Management

Esri ArcGIS Manages Core Mapping

GIS-Based Telecom Asset Management

Schneider Electric Fiber Manager Manages Connectivity & Assets

Fiber Manager

Network Analysis and Tracing

Connection Management

Fiber Connectivity Traces

Define circuit paths

OTDR Trace

Design of New Network Installation

Construction Print

Bill of Material

Splicing Diagrams

Fiber Manager

Reporting on Fiber, Splices, Traces, Devices, Patch Locations

Fiber Manager - Reporting

Reporting on Fiber, Splices, Traces, Devices, Patch Locations

Fiber Manager - Reporting

Reporting on Fiber, Splices, Traces, Devices, Patch Locations

Fiber Manager - Reporting

Fiber Manager – It’s Physical Connection Manager allows you to connect fiber, microwave,

etc. to a physical port on a device on each end

No internal connectivity between device ports within a device

Circuit Manager allows you to create a named physical path

from device to device

Does a good job in tracking physical assets and connectivity

Logical Provisioning…

Track master circuits that traverse through devices

Custom Trace Linking Multiple Fiber Manager Physical Circuits

Defines connectivity between internal device ports

Establish bandwidth between end points

Logical Requirements

Define a bandwidth hierarchy for each master circuit

up to an OC-192 (10 Gb/s)

Logical Requirements

Allocate logical trunk circuits (reserved bandwidth, ex. a full STS-1 or DS1)

Provision logical tributary circuits (committed bandwidth) down to a DS0

Custom Two Point Trace Through Master Circuits

Logical Requirements

Allocate circuits within the master

circuit hierarchy

24 DS0s = 1 DS1

Tributary Circuit

Ex Hierarchy:

Consuming the 1st Vir. Tributary

Within the 13th OC-1 (trunk)

Within an OC-3 (trunk)

Within an OC-12 (trunk)

Within an OC-24 (trunk)

Within an OC-48 (master)

Defines the Timeslot of the circuit

Logical Requirements

Take it online…

Wavepoint – Responsive Web App

Generic Searches – Ease of Use

Splicing Details

Circuit Traces – Includes OTDR

Rack/Device Visualization

ArcGIS for Telecom

Esri Platform Provides Tools

Utilize the Esri Out-Of-The-Box Apps For Consumption

ArcGIS App

Collector for ArcGIS

ArcGIS Explorer

Operations Dashboard

Esri releases compatible app updates quarterly

Available from the iOS, Android, Windows app stores

Utility Field Workflows are Quick Wins

Expose New Data to Field Operations

Collect New Data from Field Operations

Empower Your Operations thru Geoprocessing, Systems Integration,

Workflow, & Reporting

Focus on the pattern for ideas – Expose, Collect, Empower

Business Benefits

Recommend circuit provisioning based on available timeslots

Track allocated bandwidth vs. capacity at all points on network

Create a GIS heat map showing bottlenecks

Drive capital planning for network expansion

Poke the network at any point to see:

Hierarchy of the master circuit(s)

Which logical circuits are present

The use of each logical circuit (down

to the DS0)

Result is a scalable system

What can we do with this data?

Business Benefits

Reduces time required to manage circuit/fiber design and

installation

Exposes significant new GIS capabilities around telecom

Consolidates several systems into one platform (Telecom

Database, AutoCAD drawings, Excel Spreadsheets, etc.)

Standardizes work flow and processes

Business Benefits

Eliminates a portion of drawing packages and paper

documentation

Reduce time to troubleshoot and locate outages

Greater data integrity and access for field maintenance

Enhanced reporting functions

Track 3rd Party usage of the telecom network

More Information? Join the discussion

We publish GIS fiber blog posts monthly:

http://www.sspinnovations.com/blog/category/fiber-manager

Questions?

Skye Perry

Founder & Principal ConsultantSSP Innovations

[email protected]