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Avaya as Official Supplier of Network Equipment to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

Avaya as Official Supplier of Network Equipment to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

As the Official Supplier of Network Equipment to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, Avaya is providing network, collaboration and communications equipment, along with targeted training related to implementation and operational support of the network. The Avaya network will offer a full communications experience to athletes, dignitaries, sponsors and fans worldwide, raising the benchmark set by previous Games by delivering the first "Fabric Enabled" network that will enable anytime, anywhere access to content from any device.

Next February people around the world will turn their attention to the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. Organisers expect more than 75,000 visitors each day to the Olympic Park and more than three bilion television audiences around the globe. The Sochi 2014 Winter Game events will take place in two "clusters": mountain cluster and coastal cluster. A host of new venues are being built to support the Games. In addition, specially created "Live Sites" are being built in cities across Russia, transmitting live feeds of events as they unfold to Olympic fans. 

Critical to the success of the games will be a secure, robust network. It will need to be capable of carrying vast amounts of data while identifying (and granting access to) a huge range of different user groups. The network will need to provide seamless connectivity across all venues. One records is likely to fall at these Games: the amount of demand placed on the  telecommunications network and equipment supporting the massive event. Use of smartphones and tablets by event visitors, participants, officials and media will be unprecedented, as will social media activity. Press photographers will have instant upload access to thousands of photos from wireless enabled cameras, from the moment an athlete crosses the finish line. Thirty Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) channels will stream across the infrastructure that Avaya is providing as the Official Supplier of Network Equipment to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.  

In addition to providing network, collaboration and communications equipment, Avaya supports the implementation and operation of facilities to handle communications traffic during the Games. Working with the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee and local Russian partners, Avaya is helping bring next - generation communications to the Games by providing highly skilled Avaya technologists to deliver behind-the-scenes technical support during the 16-day event.

Building on experience

Avaya has a long history of partnering with the Olympic Games movement. In 2010 Avaya deployed the first converged network equipment solution for powering all voice, video and data traffic on the Bell Olympic network to the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paraolympic Winter Games, which is the standard at the Games today. In addition, starting in 2000, Avaya has provided NBC Olympics with communications capabilities for every Olympic Games. The Sochi 2014 Winter Games are unique in that this will be the first Games where network access will be largely wireless rather than wired. With no ability to train users or to control what devices they bring, results in it being the largest guest network of its kind, and a true Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) environment.

In 2014, Avaya will link the Games' International Broadcast Center and NBC's Field Shop with Sochi sports venues, NBC Olympics headquarters in Stamford, Conn., and NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York.

An ongoing, reliable resource

When the 2014 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games draw to a close, at least some of the Avaya communications infrastructure deployed will be used to support other sporting events:

  • The first modern Russian Grand Prix is planned on the Sochi International Street Circuit, the roadway winding through the Olympic Games venues, in late 2014.
  • In 2018, the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi Olympic Park will be one of 11 Russian stadiums hosting matches of the FIFA World Cup.

As the Official Supplier of Network Equipment with specialized skill sets and ability to fulfill diverse requirements, Avaya is proud to partner with the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee in delivering a full communications experience to athletes, dignitaries, sponsors and fans worldwide.

Solutions

The Avaya solution uses Avaya Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture at its core. Running off the Avaya Virtual Services Platform 9000 an advanced hardware platform that delivers the highest levels of performance, scalability and reliability, Sochi 2014 have a solid base to build out the rest of the network. Additionally, Sochi 2014 will be the first "Fabric Enabled" Games and will leverage Avaya's leading Fabric Connect technology in order to simplify the design, deployment and management of the end to end network. Avaya VENA Fabric Connect, based on Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) - a protocol based on IEEE and IETF standards that Avaya is pioneering within its Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture. It provides a single robust protocol for all network services, eliminating the complexity associated with traditional network designs. 

Avaya Aura will be deployed for reliable communications. Avaya Aura provides a common architecture and common management for all kinds of communications - including voice and video, to enable anytime, anywhere collaboration. 

The Avaya Identity Engines will be used to assign network access rights and permissions based on a user's credentials and role (media, athlete, IOC official), where they connect from (Olympic village, competition venues, etc.) and how they connect (e.g. wireless, wired). To aid connectivity there will be extensive indoor and outdoor WiFi throughout both the Mountain and Coastal clusters. This will be enabled by the introduction of the Wireless LAN 8100 Series, a highly scalable, real-time optimised and secure wireless networking solution.

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