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Monday, April 14, 2014

UTP Vendor Alert #2014 - 2
UTP SIP Schedules Bandwidth Increase for UTP Data Feeds for Q3 2014

Markets Impacted:

  • UTP/SIP

Products Impacted:

  • UTP Quotation Data Feed (UQDF)
  • UTP Trade Data Feed (UTDF)
  • OTC Montage Data Feed (OMDF)

Contact Information:

What you need to know:

  • The UTP Operating Committee (UTPOC) recently completed the capacity analysis for March 2014. Based on the results of this study and the ongoing efforts to improve the performance of the UTP Security Information Processor (UTP SIP), the UTP SIP will increase the bandwidth allocations for the UTP Data Feeds.
  • All direct connect UTP subscribers, as well as extranet providers, should make plans to upgrade their data circuits by Monday, June 30, 2014.

What is changing?

The UTPOC recently completed the March 2014 capacity analysis. Based on the results of this study and the ongoing efforts to improve the performance of the UTP SIP, the UTP SIP will increase the bandwidth allocations for the UTP Data Feeds. The new allocations are as follows:

Data Feed Current Bandwidth Allocation New Bandwidth Allocation Approximate Throughput Message Rate
UQDF 256.0 Megabits (Mb) 392.0 Mb 700,000 Messages Per Second (mps)
UTDF 101.0 Megabits (Mb) 181.0 Mb 390,000 mps
OMDF 9.2 Megabits (Mb) No Change (9.2 Mb) 16,000 mps

Please note that the bandwidth allocation stated is for a single multicast group. For fault tolerance reasons, the standard UTP configuration consists of both a primary and a back-up multicast group.

New bandwidth allocations are based on an average message size, during peak, of 70 bytes for UQDF, 58 bytes for UTDF and 70 bytes for OMDF.

When will the new higher data rates be supported?

The UTP SIP plans to support the higher data rates beginning Q3 2014. Therefore, all firms should make the necessary network upgrades to accommodate the higher bandwidth allocation scheduled for implementation by Monday, June 30, 2014.

Where can I find information related to the quote and trade metrics?

The UTP SIP makes performance and bandwidth metrics available to the industry and on the web. Please visit the following sites for additional information:

Where can I find additional information?