Emergence of the uLAN Fiber Backbone uLAN 5G CELL ULA R CORE LAN ONES PH N V OI P uLAN A TIO Fiber Backbone MATION AUTO EL WIR ESS CORE LAN uLAN ING ILD BU CORE LAN WORK ST Fiber Backbone SMART LIGHTING CO R E L A N AV S R EC U IT Y uL A N Fiber Backbone EVERYTHING IP IP convergence is among us. Every day, more and more devices are being connected to and powered by the network. In the enterprise environment especially, organizations are seeing the benefits of converging once-disparate building systems onto their IP networks to fully leverage the efficiency and cost savings benefits of Everything IP. THE EMERGENCE OF THE ULAN When we think of the core Local Area Network (LAN), we think of devices that have traditionally been Ethernet-enabled - desktop computers, Voice-over-IP (VoIP) phones and wireless access points. But with increasing system convergence, we are now seeing the emergence of a Utility LAN (uLAN). Like the traditional LAN, the uLAN is an interconnected set of devices that share data within the enterprise. But the uLAN is comprised of nontraditional Ethernet-enabled devices - lighting, HVAC, security, and AV systems - that are now being connected and powered by the IP network. 20 | berktek.comhttp://www.berktek.com