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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: James Dahl, MIS Director
DATE: August 15, 2015
SUBJECT:
Request to upgrade the Route 59 Train Station optical fiber lateral connection to an optical ring connection.
PURPOSE:
Currently the City's fiber connection to the Route 59 Train Station is built with a single path in and out of the train station. This means Route 59 site does not have the same redundancy as other networked City sites. Any single fiber cut along the path will cause a complete network outage at the train station. The requested project will mitigate this threat and other network limitations at Route 59, as well as prepare the site for future planned expansion.
BACKGROUND:
The original 2005 optical fiber network plan did not include fiber to the Route 59 Train Station. This segment was added mid-way into the original ring build, and paid for through transit funds. Due to the train station's remote location, expenses were too high to make this a ring connection.
With the development of a joint Aurora/Naperville public safety radio system and Fire Department video conferencing system this also became the location where Naperville connects to Aurora's fiber.
DISCUSSION:
The Route 59 parking facility is being redesigned. With the redesign security cameras and pay stations are being upgraded. The current wiring cabinet at this location was originally put in the only location available, and is not secure or adequate for current use. It will not effectively or safely support any expansion or upgrade.
Kane County is working with OnLight Aurora on a project in the northeast quadrant of Aurora. If MIS is able to "piggyback" on the Kane/OnLight project it will greatly lower the cost of putting Aurora's Route 59 facility on the main City fiber ring. With the addition of an outdoor communications cabinet MIS will be able to move network equipment out of the current cramped closet and prepare for next year's...
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