Intelligent energy system for telecommunications

The telecommunications world is undergoing severe technological and structural changes. These changes not only affect the operators and telecommunication equipment manufacturers, but also have serious repercussions on the energy systems providers. More particularly, the monitoring and control problematic is becoming a key issue, that can no longer be neglected nor treated on an ad hoc basis. This paper lists some of the fundamental factors driving these evolutions, checks briefly the existing equipments and standards against the evolving needs, analyses the monitoring and control structure at local level, and suggests an open, object oriented approach based on field bus standards.