Start of the Installation of the Communication Network for the New Airport Berlin-Brandenburg International BBI
Berlin, 23 September 2010 – At the new Airport Berlin-Brandenburg International BBI the installation of the communication network has started. The entire voice and data communication and security-related applications such as video surveillance and control center communications are integrated into one infrastructure. In the last few months comprehensive tests have been performed for checking the hardware and software for functionality, reliability, security and operability. Now Berlin Airports have given the go-ahead for the installation of the systems. The communication infrastructure will be fully operational as early as in May 2011.
Alcatel-Lucent as general contractor will set up an integrated IP/MPLS network comprising more than 17,000 IP ports. IP/MPLS stands for Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching and offers advantages such fast transmission of data packets. BBI will be the first airport in Germany to operate an integrated IP/MPLS network. The new network will allow to facilitate the network management and to reduce the operating costs. At the same time the flexibility to respond to the fast changing requirements set on the infrastructure will be increased.
“The new communications and network architecture provides us with a future-safe infrastructure that can be flexibly developed with the growth of the airport and allows to meet also the expectations of our customers,” declares Dr. Manfred A. Körtgen, Managing Director Operations/BBI of Berlin Airports.
“We are happy to provide the airport with a powerful and highly reliable communications infrastructure designed to satisfy the highest requirements. The contract for the Airport Berlin Brandenburg International is a strategic milestone in Germany for us after implementing comparable projects throughout the world. This project once again will prove our expertise as a reliable vendor and system integrator in the transport sector,” notes Alf Henryk Wulf, Chairman of the Management Board of Alcatel-Lucent in Germany.
