Underground mobile communications at CERN Stefano Agosta CERN IT/Communication Systems 29/06/2016 underground mobile communications at CERN
underground mobile communications at CERN CERN needs Services Voice and data for : Standard machines operation Train Inspection Monorail (Radio Protection surveys) Temperature and humidity sensors Remote experts consultancy 29/06/2016 underground mobile communications at CERN
underground mobile communications at CERN CERN needs Target Ionizing radiations Gas release risk Strict access constraints 29/06/2016 underground mobile communications at CERN
underground mobile communications at CERN Available options Widely deployed in residential and office areas 802.11ac wave 2 offers 3.5 Gbps Access Points (AP) cover small areas (few meters) 29/06/2016 underground mobile communications at CERN
underground mobile communications at CERN WiFi @CERN Adopted for offices Not suitable in the underground Ionizing radiations Tunnel lengths (27 Km for LHC, 7 Km for SPS) Temporary VDSL during LongShutdown1 10 Mbps, 275 APs in LHC tunnel 29/06/2016 underground mobile communications at CERN
underground mobile communications at CERN Available options mobile networks 2G voice 3G voice, medium throughput data (10/2 Mbps) 4G high throughput data (20/20 Mbps) 800/900/1800 MHz 29/06/2016 underground mobile communications at CERN
underground mobile communications at CERN Mobile networks @ CERN 2G/3G available on surface + all tunnels 4G available on surface + all tunnels except LHC 4G @ LHC: available in 8 access pits + pilot in LHC2 arc. Complete deployment by 2016 …but reliability depends on Swisscom 29/06/2016 underground mobile communications at CERN
Mobile networks @ CERN * TN access is subject to IT security approval CERN APN CERN Intranet GPN/TN* CERN Swisscom Swisscom APN Internet (Swisscom) * TN access is subject to IT security approval 29/06/2016 underground mobile communications at CERN
underground mobile communications at CERN Thank you! Questions? 29/06/2016 underground mobile communications at CERN