Raises the Industry Bar With Advancements in
Speed, Latency, Range, Distributed Intelligence, Power Optimization
and Size; Introduces “Milli 5” for New Classes of IoT Sensors and
Devices
Silver Spring Networks, Inc. (NYSE:SSNI) today unveiled the
fifth generation of its critical infrastructure networking platform
– Gen5. Silver Spring’s groundbreaking new Gen5 networking platform
extends its technology leadership and raises the industry bar on
what utilities, cities, and other network operators should expect
from their smart communications networks. In addition to
strengthening core smart grid operations, the new capabilities of
the Gen5 platform help enable an emerging set of applications for
real-time operations data, Distribution Automation, dynamic
applications at the edge of the network, and smart city services.
Silver Spring introduced several new Gen5-based products, including
the “Milli” Communications Module (Comms Module) 5, which removes
many of the cost, power, and size limitations to reliable
communications for small, battery-powered edge sensors, unlocking a
new era of connectivity for the Internet-of-Things (IoT).
Enhancements of the Gen5 networking platform include:
- Speed: up to 1.2 Mbps, a 4X
increase in speed, accelerating the transition from hours or
days-old data to near real-time insights into grid operations and
performance;
- Latency: nearly 3X reduction in
latency to 10 milliseconds, enabling performance-intensive
applications for increased grid reliability and Distribution
Automation;
- Range: 3X increase in range to
more than 50 miles, enabling cost-effective coverage across vast
and varying topographies, and the ability to reliably connect
hard-to-reach and rural devices;
- Distributed Intelligence: 10X
more compute and up to 8X the memory, unlocking an array of new
applications at the edge of the network such as theft detection,
distributed generation integration, and faster outage detection and
restoration;
- Power Optimization and Size:
almost 2X more operational life and 5X more coverage at 1/5th the
power consumption and nearly 7X smaller than previous form factors,
enabling the connection of historically cost-prohibitive or
power-starved devices and sensors for up to 20-years in the
field.
“Silver Spring’s Gen5 platform enables multiple applications
over the widest array of power and performance requirements with no
compromises – we aim to leave no device, no data, and no consumer
behind,” said Don Reeves, EVP of Engineering and Managed Services,
Silver Spring Networks. “We believe that our fifth generation
technology is a catalyst for one of the most consequential shifts
in the industry, both in offering our customers investment
preservation for their existing assets, and opening the door to new
applications as more utilities and cities realize the tremendous
long-term value in connecting their customers, citizens, devices,
and data.“
“As we connect millions of customers to the network as part of
our $2.6 billion grid infrastructure modernization investment, it
is important to us that we are leveraging ground-breaking
innovation that will ensure the most value and efficiency,” said
Carol Bartucci, Director of IT, ComEd. “We look forward to
continuing our close work with Silver Spring to deliver better
performance to our customers, and as we look at opportunities to
modernize beyond wires and poles by adding other smart applications
and services.”
New Gen5-Based Products for the Next Generation of Connected
Devices
Silver Spring announced several new products based on the Gen5
networking platform:
- Comms Module 5: The Comms Module
5 offers high performance, local processing, and low latency for
critical applications such as load disaggregation, integration of
distributed generation, Demand Response Ancillary services, theft
detection, and the flexibility to cost-effectively reach devices in
challenging terrain. With utilities facing a rapid rise in
distributed generation and renewables integration challenges,
simultaneous two-way communication allows operators to do more at
faster speeds, while managing traffic for high-performance
applications, such as grid-side management, to help ensure quality
for all customers.
- Bridge 5: The Bridge 5 couples
secure, reliable performance with open standards-based IPv6
communications to help enable cities and utilities to
cost-effectively integrate mission-critical control and monitoring
processes. The Bridge 5 is optimized for performance-intensive
applications that demand higher capacity, lower latency, and longer
range such as Distribution Automation, Conservation Voltage
Reduction (CVR), Volt/VAR Optimization, feeder switches, capacitor
bank controls, and others. The flexibility and ease of integration
available with the Bridge 5 also allows for rapid deployment of new
smart city services such as traffic monitoring and building energy
management.
- Access Point (AP) 5 and the
Relay 5 deliver the ubiquitous coverage, high performance,
and cost efficiency required for effective critical infrastructure
application deployments.
Powering a New Class of Sensors and Devices for Critical
Infrastructure and the IoT
Silver Spring also announced a new networking form factor nearly
7X smaller than previous versions, the “Milli 5”, a
mesh-enabled sensor networking platform to connect small,
battery-powered devices for emerging smart energy, smart city, and
other IoT applications. The “Milli 5” can enable applications such
as smart gas and water metering, waste management sensors, smart
parking monitors, pollution and emissions sensors, industrial
equipment monitoring, and smart agriculture sensors, among others,
to reliably operate for up to 20 years in the field, without
sacrificing the multi-layer security, standards compliance, and
IPv6 addressing required by sophisticated IoT operators.
The economics and small size of the “Milli 5” also mean that
utilities and cities can now make the business case to reliably
connect almost any device on their networks, gaining asset-level
communications for equipment such as transformers, light poles, and
other infrastructure. In particular, water utilities have an
increasing need for reliable, two-way communication systems that
can run off of battery power to help improve efficiency of their
systems and report leaks in near real-time.
Critical infrastructure device and sensor manufacturers
interested in early access to the “Milli 5” Partner Program can
submit an information request to partners@silverspringnet.com for more
information.
Silver Spring Gen5-based products will be available beginning in
mid-2015. To learn more, please visit us at DistribuTECH 2015
Booth #1221 on February 3-5 in San Diego, CA.
For more info on Gen5, please visit
www.silverspringnet.com/gen5.
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About Silver Spring Networks
Silver Spring Networks is a leading networking platform and
solutions provider for smart energy networks. Silver Spring’s
pioneering IPv6 networking platform, with over 20 million Silver
Spring enabled devices delivered, is connecting utilities to homes
and business throughout the world with the goal of achieving
greater energy efficiency for the planet. Silver Spring’s
innovative solutions enable utilities to gain operational
efficiencies, improve grid reliability, and empower consumers to
monitor and manage energy consumption. Silver Spring Networks’
customers include major utilities around the globe such as
Baltimore Gas & Electric, CitiPower & Powercor,
Commonwealth Edison, CPS Energy, Florida Power & Light, Jemena
Electricity Networks Limited, Pacific Gas & Electric, Pepco
Holdings, Progress Energy and Singapore Power, among others. To
learn more, please visit www.silverspringnet.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements about
Silver Spring Networks’ expectations, plans, intentions, and
strategies, including, but not limited to statements regarding the
performance and capabilities of Silver Spring Networks’ Gen5
networking platform and Gen5-based products; the operational,
financial, and other benefits customers, utilities, and cities may
realize from Silver Spring’s Gen5 platform and products; the
ability of Gen5 platform and products to support current and
anticipated future smart grid and smart city applications, devices,
sensors and services; and Silver Spring’s relationship with ComEd.
Statements including words such as "anticipate", "believe",
"estimate", "expect" or “future” and statements in the future tense
are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions, which, if
they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our
results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties
include those described in Silver Spring Networks' documents filed
with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. All
forward-looking statements in this press release are based on
information available to Silver Spring Networks as of the date
hereof. Silver Spring Networks assumes no obligation to update
these forward-looking statements.
Silver Spring NetworksAmy Cook, 650-839-4183Global
Communicationsacook@silverspringnet.com
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