Alcatel-Lucent’s internet protocol/multiprotocol label switching (IP/MPLS) platform is expected to support AltaLink in improving its power system management. The new network will support electric utility applications and data requirements throughout AltaLink’s service territory.
AltaLink expects the pilot to be completed by mid year resulting in live data traffic being processed in the summer and marks the start of the technology deployment that will occur over the next five years.
Alex Giosa, president of Alcatel-Lucent Canada, said: “AltaLink is known for its forward-looking approach to telecommunications and network management to enable a more efficient power system and better serve its customers.
“More and more utilities worldwide are transitioning to IP/MPLS technology. The fact that AltaLink has selected Alcatel-Lucent to help implement its ‘Digital Networking Strategy’ underscores the confidence AltaLink has in us and our ability to serve the Canadian utility market.”
Alcatel-Lucent will supply products from its service router (SR) portfolio, including the 7750 service router and 7705 service aggregation router – all managed end-to-end by the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 service aware manager and 5650 control plane assurance manager, in addition to professional services and network maintenance.
AltaLink will also deploy the Alcatel-Lucent VPN firewall brick, as well as the Alcatel-Lucent 6855 hardened LAN switch, a gigabit ethernet switch specifically built for IP network deployments where environmental operating conditions are unusually demanding, Alcatel-Lucent said.
