Issue link: https://www.e-digitaleditions.com/i/1156106
October/November/December 2019 I 51 PoE NETWORK PoE LED Lighting Fixtures PoE Gateways PoE Gateways Wireless Sensors Local LAN Wi-Fi Router User Interfaces Conference Room Scheduling System Building Management System IBMS Dashboard Efficiency Productivity Management Software Server for IoT Devices Wireless Relay/Controller Window Shades/Blinds Wireless Relay/Controller Audio/Visual Systems DEVICE LAYER COMM & POWER LAYER MANAGEMENT LAYER High Wattage LED Fixtures 120VAC to 277VAC Wireless Self Powered Wall Switches Wired Sensor projects. Once the microduct fiber pathway was installed, GP chose to blow or jet singlemode riser and plenum jetted microcables primarily in 6 to 24 fiber counts. Now that GP's continually reusable jetted fiber path- way is in place, upgrades, MACs, and fiber path rerouting (via microduct distribution boxes) are done quickly and easily anywhere and at any time. Fiber termination is typically done in the same way as a conventional back- bone. Because air-jetting microcables in and out of the network can be done quickly (250 feet per minute) in near real time, there is no end to the fiber and bandwidth life cycles. Some of the many benefits that most attracted GP to install the jetted fiber backbone include: • Since fiber jetting is done behind the scenes in a closet or telecom room (TR), there is no physical disruption to the GP building • No large construction work with a crew of installers accessing floors and ceilings • Elimination of vetting large crews for physical and cybersecurity • No odd over-time 5:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. fiber installations, upgrades or MACs • Elimination of any and all over-time labor hours • Optical fiber installations, upgrades, and MACs accomplished in a fraction of the time and cost when compared to conventional cable pulling • Complete, continuous, and near real-time control of optical fiber and bandwidth With jetted fiber technology, fiber installations, MACs, and pathway rerouting can be done during normal business hours discreetly out of view of employees and visitors to GP headquarters, while preserving the aesthetic beauty of its renovations. An internet of things (IoT) network platform solution was selected as the cornerstone of the building's IoT foundation. Because it is easy to install, the solution also significantly reduced cost and workplace disruption. The solution allows wide scale sensors and deployment that is capturing data across the floorspace and using it for a variety of integrated applications with lighting, HVAC, Audio/Visual, room scheduling and motorized shading systems (Figure 4). FIGURE 4: Network topology of GP's IoT and PoE-enabled integrated platform.