an introduction to tendril ™
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THIS PRESENTATION FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY. An Introduction to TENDRIL ™. TENDRIL ™. A New Concept for Enabling IP Convergence in Underground Mining & Vehicular Tunnel Environments Kerry Nufer. TENDRIL ™ Traditional Meaning. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
TENDRIL™
An Introduction toTENDRIL™
A New Concept for EnablingIP Convergence in
Underground Mining &Vehicular Tunnel Environments
Kerry Nufer
TENDRIL™
THIS PRESENTATION FOR INTERNAL USE
ONLY
Slide 2TENDRIL™
TENDRIL™ Traditional Meaning
In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants for support and attachment, generally by twining around whatever it touches.
C.F. Wikipedia
Slide 3TENDRIL™
TENDRIL™ the Acronym
• Tunnel
• Environment
• Networking of
• Digital
• Remote
• Internet Protocol (IP)
• Links
Slide 4TENDRIL™
What is TENDRIL™
• Take the concept of Cable Internet• Add(+) some old ideas of:
– Leaky Feeder– Radio Frequency Branching Techniques– Conventional 2-Way Radio
• Add(+) some innovative ideas regards– Radio Data e.g. Wireless LAN, Zigbee– L2 ETHERNET Switching– Routers– Converged IP Devices– Process Control Systems (Everything Is Becoming IP Enabled)
• Equals(=) TENDRIL™ - a New Platform for:– Underground Mining Applications
• Communications• Process Control
– Vehicular Tunnel Communications
Slide 5TENDRIL™
TENDRIL™ Extends Surface IP Network
• To the Ore Body Itself
• To “Smart Dust” (Sweet ZigPEA);– Disposable Sensors
– Low-Cost Reusable Sensors
• With Video– Traditional Analogue
– IP Enabled Cameras
• With other Apps such as:– Voice over IP (VoIP) Telephony
– SCADA & Process Control
– Third Party Technologies of Any Kind
– Asset Tracking & Personnel Monitoring
Slide 6TENDRIL™
TENDRIL™ In a Nutshell
• Three Types of Box– Tendril Head End (THE)
– Tendril Intermediate Node (TIN)
– Tendril End Point (TEP)
• Box Interconnection– Leaky Coax
– Conventional Coax
– RF over Fibre (SMOF)
• Result– TCP/IP (over ETHERNET) In
– TCP/IP Interfaces Everywhere You Want
– Radio, Copper, Fibre, IP Everwhere, and/or
– Legacy Analogue
Slide 7TENDRIL™
TENDRIL™ Application Concept
TENDRILTM
HeadEnd
TENDRILTM Intermediate
Node
TENDRILTM End
Point
TENDRILTM
EndPoint
TENDRILTM
IntermediateNode
Non Radiating Area
Option of Multiple ‘Air’ Technologies to Loader at Ore Body including 802.11a & Microwave 10 GHz Using Horn or Patch Antennas for Video & Telemetry
Tunnel Navigation Guidance System
SMOFIndustrialETHERNETBackbone
ConventionalUnderground2-Way Radio
System
SpecialLimited
CoverageArea
SMOFIndustrialETHERNETBackbone
MonopoleAntenna
ETHERNETModbus & DNP3
etc Process Control
PLC(Programmable)
(Logic Controller)
Zigbee Programmable Environmental Agent S(ZigPEAS) = Smart Dust, used for:• Temperature;• Humidity;• Gas (CO2, Methane, Oxygen etc.);• Movement detection (Accelerometers);• Disposable video cameras;• Location Markers;• Active RFID Tags.
Slide 8TENDRIL™
What’s in the TENDRILTM Box Overview
• Pretty Well the Same for all 3 Boxes– Data-Air-Data Interfaces– Data Networking Systems (Switches, Routers)– RF Branching Systems– Power Supply– Terminal Codecs– Legacy Equipment (subject to…)– Antenna Terminations– Process Controllers (client dependent)
Slide 9TENDRIL™
What’s In the BoxTENDRILTM Head End
Power Supply
Bias T
48 Volts
3rd PartyApplication
2
TX RX
3rd PartyApplication
N
Cable MODEMTermination SystemGbit/Sec ETHERNETClient
Data CommsSystems
ClientApps 2
ClientApps N
ClientPowerSupply
240 V AC
Optional 3rd PartyLegacy & Other Applications Optional
TENDRILTM Head End Block Schematic
ETHERNETSwitch
ZigPEAApplication3rd Party
Application1
ClientApps 1
Slide 10TENDRIL™
What’s in the Box TENDRILTM Intermediate Node
Power Supply
Bias T
48 Volts (Nom)
TX RX
Cable MODEM
Optional 3rd PartyLegacy & Other Applications
Optional
TENDRILTM Intermediate Node Block Schematic
48 Volts (Nom)
RouterETHERNET Switch
WLANApps(Opt)
ZigPEAApps(Opt)
TINIPI/F
ExternalClient
TCP/IPApps
Bias T
3rd Party RFApplications
CCTVVideo
CODEC
TCP/IP Apps
VoIPCODEC
ModBusPLC
Hybr
idSp
litter
/ Com
bine
r
Bias T
OptionalNote alsoPossible to usenormal coupler,splitter/combinercomponents
Slide 11TENDRIL™
What’s in the Box TENDRILTM End Point
Power Supply
TX RX
Cable MODEM
Optional 3rd PartyLegacy & Other Applications
Optional
TENDRILTM End Point Block Schematic48 Volts (Nom)
RouterETHERNET Switch
WLANApps(Opt)
ZigPEAApps(Opt)
TINIPI/F
ExternalClient
TCP/IPApps
Bias T
3rd Party RFApplications
CCTVVideo
CODEC
TCP/IP Apps
VoIPCODEC
ModBusPLC
Hybr
idSp
litter
/ Com
bine
r
OptionalNote alsoPossible to usenormal coupler,splitter/combinercomponents
Spatial RFSpatial RFIllumination ofIllumination ofOre BodyOre BodyOperationalOperationalEnvironmentEnvironment Using UsingAntennasAntennas
Slide 12TENDRIL™
Manufacturing Benefits
• Most Active Modules Exist;– Cable MODEM Termination Systems;– Cable MODEMs;– Power Supplies;– Routers, Switches (Ruggedcom, Garretcom etc);
• Many Passive Modules Exist – Off-the-Shelf;– Filters;– Bias Tees;– Splitter Combiners;– Booster Amps;– Cable MODEM Systems – Well Proven Technology:
• Development Platform for New Mining Products,– Low-Cost,– Mass Produced,– Disposable/ Reusable,
• ZigPEAS;– Sensors,– RFID Tags etc.
Slide 13TENDRIL™
Service Benefits
• TENDRILTM Flagship for Add-on to Fibre Expertise in Mining Apps:
• Basis for Management of Underground Telecommunications Environment for Mining Customers;– RF Spectrum Management,– Data Communications Management:
• Addition of 3rd Party Communications Products;– Radio Systems (suggest to be a known problem),– Data Systems,– 3rd Party Peripheral Devices.