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Cisco® IR829 Industrial Integrated Services Routers are ruggedized integrated services routers designed for deployment in harsh industrial environments.

The IR829 Industrial Integrated Services Routers (IR829) have a compact form factor, multimode 4G LTE and 3G wireless WAN (dual active LTE and single LTE models), IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN, Ethernet (RJ45 and SFP), serial connections, integrated storage and compute capability for edge application hosting, and integrated 9-32 VDC power input. The IR829 also extends the connectivity to include Low Power Wide-Area (LPWA) access using Cisco Interface Module for LoRaWANTM. With it, you can rapidly deploy a wide variety of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, including fleet management, mass transit, and remote asset monitoring. The 829 routers are designed to withstand hostile environments including shock, vibration, and humidity, as well as a wide temperature range (-40°C to +60°C and type-tested at +85°C for 16 hours). The IR829 brings together enterprise-grade wireline-like services such as Quality of Service (QoS), Cisco advanced VPN technologies (DMVPN and Flex VPN) and multi-VRF for WAN, highly secure data, voice, and video communications and Cisco IOx, an open, extensible environment for hosting applications at the network edge.

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Cisco IR829 Industrial Integrated Services Router with 4G LTE (Single LTE or Dual Active LTE) and Dual 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi) Radios

Product overview

The IR829 supports the latest Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Release 9, Category 3 and Category 4 LTE standards. The routers provide persistent, reliable LTE connectivity transparent hand-offs between LTE and 3G networks.

Dual active LTE connectivity. With two LTE modems, the IR829 enables concurrent connectivity to two cellular networks for high reliability, enhanced data throughputs, load balancing, and differentiated services. Applicable for IR829M-2LTE and IR829-2LTE

Integrated compute and storage for edge application. The integrated SSD storage comes in two options - 50 GB and 100 GB - and is industrial-grade storage.

Auto SIM: SIM-based auto-carrier selection. Automatically configure a modem carrier based on the inserted SIM.

Dual SIM: Dual SIMs on Single LTE IR829 provides the option to have two service providers. Only one operator is active at a time.

Accelerometer and gyroscope to monitor speed and angular momentum for automotive applications and to detect tampering.

gnition Power Management to keep the router up even when the vehicle ignition is turned off.

GPS to enable real-time location tracking of remote assets.

Network management tools such as Cisco IoT Field Network Director, Cisco Prime, and APIC-EM simplify deployment of a secure network head-end using the Cisco Industrial Operations Kit.

Additional WAN options, such as Gigabit Ethernet/Fast Ethernet WAN interface with ruggedized SFP options and a 4-port 10/100/1000 Ethernet managed switch with an optional module for Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) LAN connectivity enable seamless connectivity to IP based devices such as cameras, sensors and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).

Provides an open, extensible environment for hosting OS and applications at the network edge rather than in the Cloud

4G LTE wireless WAN (WWAN) data services. With enhanced data rates and improved latency (30 milliseconds or less), WWAN services provide an ideal way to supplement traditional wire-line services. The single LTE model of the IR829 supports peak data rates of 100 Mbps on the downlink and 50 Mbps on the uplink. The dual LTE model doubles the throughput by supporting peak data rates of 150 Mbps on the downlink and 50 Mbps on the uplink on each of the two cellular links. Actual data speed depends on the service provider network. With single and dual 4G LTE options, the IR829s offer a flexible, redundant cellular connectivity for mission critical services. The 4G LTE WWAN data services can also be used as a cost-effective alternative in areas where broadband services are either not available or very expensive.

Multiple-PDN (Packet Data Network) feature allows the router to connect to different Access Point Names (APN) enabling traffic segregation. For example, public internet traffic can be kept separate from mission critical traffic emerging from the sensors and devices connected to the router.

4G LTE multiple-bearer QoS for cellular. The IR829 supports 4G LTE multiple bearers enabling differentiated treatment of traffic based on the QoS policies. The QoS feature depends on a service provider’s ability to classify and enforce QoS policies and hence requires providers to launch this service in their networks.

Multi-VRF. The IR829s support multi-VRF feature that allows customer to configure and maintain more than one instance of a routing and forwarding table within the same Customer Edge (CE) device. For service providers, this feature enables them to support two or more Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), where the IP addresses can overlap several VPNs.

Business benefits and application examples

IoT gives the transportation industry an opportunity to connect people, improve safety, communicate more effectively, and change transportation centers into community hubs. The IR829 offers the automotive industry - including commercial fleets, emergency-response and public safety vehicles, rail, and roadways - standards-based, scalable, and highly secure solutions.

Fleet vehicles

The IR829 can withstand severe weather and environmental conditions, such as extreme temperatures, high vibrations, and shocks often encountered on buses and trains. The IR829s use standards-based Mobile IP features in Cisco IOS® Software to host networks in motion. Transitioning to different wireless networks is transparent to users and devices (such as laptops, smart devices, sensors and cameras), and applications maintain continuous connectivity without the manual intervention of users as WAN links change. In addition to allowing a single node or device to stay connected, the IR829 4G LTE routers allow an entire mobile network or subnet to stay connected. The dual-radio 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz WLAN on the IR829 can serve as both a client and an access-point. Our products also help transit operators effectively track vehicle fleets through built-in GPS systems.

Mass transit

Public-safety personnel can move critical video data and other sensitive information from incident commanders to field officers over a secure network, giving public safety agencies and their personnel access to real-time, multimedia data in the field. This access helps agencies increase cost efficiencies, provide better response time, and improve safety and security.

Asset management

Organizations can now remotely monitor and manage assets by connecting the asset with an IR829 over LTE WAN. The dual LTE capability of IR829 enables wireless WAN redundancy, improved coverage, and increased bandwidth for the asset. Integrating with Cisco’s video surveillance solution provides remote surveillance of these assets. Centralized monitoring and control of assets using the IR829 helps organizations lower their cost of operations, identify issues remotely, and take meaningful actions.