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Connecting the Endpoints with the Enterprise

Enable intelligent network control and monitoring with the Access Point, the central link between endpoint devices and your utility’s mission-critical systems. With flexible communication features, you'll extend the reach and coverage of the network to customer premises with unprecedented scalability that lowers ownership costs.

Downstream, the Access Point provides a highly reliable connection to electricity, water and gas meters over a neighborhood area network (NAN). It contains a Silver Spring Networks Communications Module for communicating with Intelligent endpoints, including meters, DR load switches and thermostats. The Access Point can also pass information through multiple Silver Spring Relays, or through Silver Spring-enabled electricity meters.

Since it has a backup battery, the Access Point can reliably route scheduled read and management tasks, even during an outage. Robust security ensures full regulatory compliance and network safety. With multiple paths to each endpoint, the Access Point provides wide area network connectivity to your utility’s mission-critical applications through digital cellular, Ethernet or other backhaul alternatives. This flexibility enables you to leverage existing low-cost public carrier infrastructures.

• Lowers overall cost of ownership by managing thousands of network-enabled electricity, water and gas endpoints
• Supports a variety of WANs to leverage both existing utility networking infrastructures and low-cost public carrier networks
• Reduces installation costs by serving as the conduit for outbound data requests and firmware upgrades, inbound data and alarms
• Enables remote upgrades to reduce expenses and allow advanced, value-added services
• Provides full security
• Enhanced, flexible network connectivity–upstream and downstream