Industry
Smart & Safe City
City-wide connectivity for surveillance, traffic, flood monitoring and public services, without digging up the streets.
What the network needs to do
Cities need to connect many different systems across a wide area, often faster than fibre can be built. Anywhere nodes mount on existing poles and buildings and run those systems over one network that the city controls.
- HD and 4K public safety video
- Traffic lights and traffic monitoring
- Flood monitoring and environmental sensors
- Public address and paging systems
- Rapid deployment for events and temporary sites
One network for many city systems
A safe city wireless network carries more than cameras. Cabanatuan City in the Philippines connects 300 CCTV cameras, 8 flood systems, 20 smart traffic lights and 20 paging systems on one network, using a mix of ring, point-to-point and mesh links where cabling was not viable. Whitsunday Regional Council in Australia runs more than 100 HD cameras and IP speakers for public announcements on a dual-ring network.
Built for HD and 4K video
City cameras are moving to HD and 4K, and older wireless links often cannot keep up. Moreton Bay Regional Council in Queensland replaced a network that could no longer carry its HD and 4K cameras with twenty Anywhere nodes, connecting more than 50 IP cameras across three sites in a high-interference environment and backhauling them to the council’s command centre. Anywhere nodes offer a data rate of up to 1,201 Mbps per radio, with more than 30 hops of backhaul.
No single point of failure
Public safety video cannot stop because one link fails. Ring and mesh designs give every node more than one path to the control room, and traffic moves to another path in under a second when a link drops. Whitsunday’s network was designed with several levels of redundancy across both wired and wireless paths.
Faster than digging up the streets
Nodes mount on existing lamp posts, poles and rooftops, with PoE carrying power and data over one cable. Moreton Bay had its surveillance running within weeks, Whitsunday deployed in less than two months, and the Geylang Serai Bazaar in Singapore had event surveillance in place within one day.
Owned and secured by the city
The network belongs to the city, with no licence fees and no per-gigabyte charges. Traffic is protected with AES-128 on the wireless link and AES-256 end to end, and the whole network is monitored from one place through Anywhere Node Manager.
Solutions for this industry
Video Surveillance Backhaul
Bring HD and 4K camera feeds back to the control room without trenching, across a self-healing wireless network.
Learn more →Long-Distance Wireless Backhaul
Connect remote sites, islands and provinces with fibre-like wireless links, where cabling is impractical or too costly.
Learn more →Customer stories
Cabanatuan City · Cabanatuan, The Philippines
One network for 300 cameras, traffic lights and flood control
A single robust network for several city systems, where cabling was not viable.
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Moreton Bay Regional Council · Queensland, Australia
Wireless surveillance upgrade for a safe and smart city
Replacing a wireless network that could no longer keep up with HD and 4K cameras across Caboolture, Deception Bay and Strathpine.
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Whitsunday Regional Council · Airlie Beach, Australia
More than 100 HD cameras on a dual-ring network
A public safety network with several levels of redundancy, delivered in under two months.
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Hong Kong Science Park · Hong Kong
Smart and safe city mesh for a technology business park
High-quality outdoor video surveillance across a technology park, without the delays of physical cabling.
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Geylang Serai Bazaar · Singapore
Event surveillance deployed within a day
A flexible wireless surveillance system for venue monitoring, traffic control and crowd management at a major public event.
Read the story →Frequently asked questions
What is a safe city wireless network?
A network that connects public safety systems such as CCTV, traffic lights, flood sensors and public address across a city, using wireless links between poles and buildings instead of new fibre.
Can it work with our existing cameras and fibre?
Yes. The network is Layer 2 transparent, so IP cameras and video management systems connect as they would over Ethernet, and it can extend or back up an existing wired network, as it does in Moreton Bay and at Busan Newport.
Can it be used for temporary events?
Yes. Nodes can be set up quickly without permanent infrastructure. Event surveillance at the Geylang Serai Bazaar in Singapore was deployed within one day.
How many cameras can one network carry?
It depends on the cameras’ bitrates and the design of the backbone. Cabanatuan City runs 300 CCTV cameras alongside other city systems on one network.
Further reading
Solution note
Connected Provinces
Province-owned wireless networks for public services and growth.
Download PDF →Insight
How Much Bandwidth Do CCTV Cameras Need on a Wireless Link?
Typical bitrates for 1080p and 4K cameras, how to add up traffic on a wireless backhaul link, how much headroom to plan, and the storage the video needs.
Read →Insight
What Is a Self-Healing Wireless Mesh?
How a self-healing wireless mesh keeps traffic moving when a link fails: multiple paths, automatic rerouting, path selection, multi-hop capacity and uses.
Read →Talk to us about smart & safe city connectivity
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