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Bharat Petroleum Corporation : MPLS, VPN Connectivity

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Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has its own Ku-Band VSAT network

connecting 300 locations with centralized Hub at their Integrated Data Centre

(IDC). In the last couple of years the number of users, applications and network

usage for working on various had increased phenomenally at all the locations.

The VSAT was not able to handle increased bandwidth load because of new

generation applications. Even, new SAP version demanded more bandwidth per user.

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Also, locations were required to access Internet based applications to cater

business needs. The limitation of old VSAT network was that TDMA VSAT locations

can go upto 128 Kbps and SCPC VSAT locations can not go beyond 128 Kbps. The

main issue in front of the company was the security of data as it is going

through a remotely located ISP's Network. The complexity of the project was also

very high, including managing approx 200 Tunnels in one router and connecting

locations to two different datacenters.

They implemented MPLS VPN connectivity to 176 BPCL locations out of 181

locations across India over BSNL / MTNL networks. Balance 5 locations were

technically non-feasible and they are trying to get Multiprotocol Levl Switching

(MPLS) connectivity through radio frequency at these 5 balance locations. All

locations are directly connected to both the datacenter through GRE tunnel

pointing towards better security.

Project

Specs
  • Project Head: A K Maity Head, IT-Projects
  • Deployment Location: Across India
  • Team Size: 7
  • Tech Used: L2 switches, Cisco Routers and RAD Modems.
  • Expected life: 10 yrs
Implementation

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