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An Introduction to TENDRIL ™

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.

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An Introduction to TENDRIL ™

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  1. THIS PRESENTATION FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY An Introduction toTENDRIL™ TENDRIL™ A New Concept for EnablingIP Convergence inUnderground Mining &Vehicular Tunnel Environments Kerry Nufer

  2. 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

  3. TENDRIL™ the Acronym • Tunnel • Environment • Networking of • Digital • Remote • Internet Protocol (IP) • Links

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. TENDRIL™ Application Concept TENDRILTMIntermediateNode TENDRILTMEndPoint ConventionalUnderground2-Way RadioSystem SMOFIndustrialETHERNET Backbone Tunnel Navigation Guidance System • 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. TENDRILTMHeadEnd Non Radiating Area TENDRILTMIntermediateNode PLC(Programmable)(Logic Controller) ETHERNETModbus & DNP3 etc Process Control Option of Multiple ‘Air’ Technologies to Loader at Ore Body including 802.11a & Microwave 10 GHz Using Horn or Patch Antennas for Video & Telemetry SMOFIndustrialETHERNET Backbone SpecialLimitedCoverageArea MonopoleAntenna TENDRILTMEndPoint

  8. 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)

  9. What’s In the BoxTENDRILTM Head End ClientPowerSupply 240 V AC 48 Volts Power Supply Cable MODEMTermination System ClientData CommsSystems Gbit/Sec ETHERNET ETHERNETSwitch TX RX Bias T ZigPEA Application ClientApps 1 3rd Party Application1 ClientApps 2 3rd Party Application2 ClientApps N 3rd Party ApplicationN Optional 3rd PartyLegacy & Other Applications Optional TENDRILTM Head End Block Schematic

  10. HybridSplitter/ Combiner CCTV ModBusPLC What’s in the Box TENDRILTM Intermediate Node 48 Volts (Nom) 48 Volts (Nom) Power Supply TINIPI/F ETHERNET Switch Router ExternalClientTCP/IPApps Optional Cable MODEM ZigPEA Apps(Opt) WLAN Apps(Opt) TCP/IP Apps Bias T Bias T TX RX Bias T VideoCODEC 3rd Party RFApplications VoIPCODEC Optional 3rd PartyLegacy & Other Applications OptionalNote also Possible to usenormal coupler,splitter/combiner components TENDRILTM Intermediate Node Block Schematic

  11. HybridSplitter/ Combiner CCTV ModBusPLC What’s in the Box TENDRILTM End Point TENDRILTM End Point Block Schematic 48 Volts (Nom) Power Supply TINIPI/F Spatial RFIllumination ofOre BodyOperational Environment UsingAntennas ETHERNET Switch Router ExternalClientTCP/IPApps Optional Cable MODEM ZigPEA Apps(Opt) WLAN Apps(Opt) TCP/IP Apps Bias T TX RX VideoCODEC VoIPCODEC 3rd Party RFApplications OptionalNote also Possible to usenormal coupler,splitter/combiner components Optional 3rd PartyLegacy & Other Applications

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

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