Government Technology - January 2009 - (Page 32) Getting the Picture Technological advances spur growth of largescale video surveillance networks. JIM McKAY | JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EDITOR 2008 may have been The Year of the LargeScale Wireless Video Surveillance System, as several cities and their police departments joined the growing market, while others expanded existing systems. These systems stream high-resolution video to monitoring stations and police squad cars from cameras strategically located throughout downtown areas or other highpriority, high-crime districts. The cameras can prove valuable to police and prosecutors for capturing and convicting criminals and as a crime deterrent. There are a few factors driving interest in these mostly hybrid fiber/wireless systems: a convergence of technological advances that complement existing infrastructure; the availability of licensed 4.9 GHz spectrum for public safety; and in some cases, the availability of homeland security grants to fund these projects. Most of the recent deployments combine a fiber infrastructure with a wireless mesh network, utilize multiradios (where a radio accompanies each node on the system) and the 4.9 GHz band — which was allocated for public safety use by the FCC in 2002 to align with U.S. homeland security needs — and capitalize on the shift from analog to Internet protocol (IP). Another key shift in the industry is proprietary hardware systems are being replaced by software-based digital video management systems. “The good news is that all the new pieces of technology come together in the systems where it’s now open, standard, scalable; you can swap out any piece for any other piece,” said Jasper Bruinzeel, vice president of marketing and sales for Wi4Net, a wireless broadband and video surveillance provider. Hybrid Systems Get Popular Oklahoma City; Milwaukee; Long Beach, Calif.; Reading, Pa.; and Chicago have dived into the market in a big way. Milwaukee’s system covers 97 square miles and has 15 cameras so far, with more to be added later. The cameras stream real-time, high-resolution video to a centralized monitoring facility, where the video is stored for 120 days with 30 terabytes of storage. The storage is a directattached solution that can expand as needed. JAN_09 22 http://www.govtech.com
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