How the nS.O.™ works...
Introduction
Besides the challenges of tapping into sustainable sources of energy at cost lower than fossil fuel, the other challenge is to be able to connect highly distributed power generation system with low cost, high bandwidth technologies capable to scale to very high density networks in such ways to enable true intelligent network not prone to blackouts and able to completely integrate with the "Internet of Objects". Most present attempts at smart grids are essentially demand side management oriented and don’t integrate smoothly and seamlessly large numbers of end-users who are users and producers of energy flows.
The broadband communication side of the nGeni™ Technology is noticeably different from competing technologies in that each user is guaranteed a certain amount of bandwidth (no sharing). Such networks are absolutely necessary in order to deploy really intelligent energy network on a large scale able to integrate smoothly supply and demand generated by not only end-users but also all the equipment appliances and object that they use.
This broadband communication technology is called nS.O.™ nS.O. stands for any number "n" of Self Organizing networks. The nS.O. can be described as a (Ultra) Broad bandwidth Multi- Layered fractal mesh wireless network. Let’s see what it means:
Wireless Mesh Network
nS.O.™ operates without the need for towers or masts which are very costly and quite inefficient. Instead, nS.O. operates directly from the end-user sites called nodes. All node modules are interconnected with each other, mostly wirelessly, to form self-organized, self-managed self-healing, mesh networks.
Multi-Layered Communication Network
The overall nS.O. network is made of individual sub-networks that are layered in a proprietary way. Each layer forms its own mesh and no one layer has control over another. Bandwidth aggregates from the bottom layer to the top one. Interconnections with long-distance communication backbone (fiber optics) takes place within the top layer. The multi-layered architecture enables instant by-passes to manage congestion issues and minimize latency. It is this architecture enable extremely high densities of nodes (over 1 million nodes per km2) and almost indefinite scaling of networks nationwide and internationally.
Broad Bandwidth Network
It is the layered architecture that enables nS.O. networks to provide each point-of-use a guaranteed level of bandwidth independently of the activity and load at other points, a high bandwidth per point-of-use (e.g. above 4 Mbps in real time, all the time in fully developed commercial versions), data packet transfers symmetrical for downloads and uploads with very low latency (fast interaction response time), uncapped (no data transfer limit).
Nodes and Bandwidth
Unlike other communication networks where the larger the number of nodes gets, the less bandwidth becomes available to the users, nS.O. operates the other way around. In the nGeni approach, the total bandwidth available in a network increases with the number of nodes in the network, thus guaranteeing to each user a given amount of bandwidth at all times, regardless of the number of co-users and regardless of the load they may place in the network.
