Presentation from IWCE 2010, a public safety wireless conference: Wireless Killer Apps - Mobile Real-time Video Surveillance

1. Mobile Real-time Video Surveillance
Ksenia Coffman, Firetide
IWCE 2010: Wireless Killer Apps
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2. Users of Wireless Video Surveillance
Public Safety Municipalities Transportation Industrial
Utilities Service Providers Federal/Military
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3. Wireless Options
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4. Point to Point
Pros
Dedicated connection
Highest bandwidth for backhaul
Cons
Does not scale; no flexibility
Single point of failure
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5. Point to Multi-Point
Pros
Simplicity of design
Cost effective when tall assets are available
Cons
Limited scalability: bandwidth divided by # of subscribers
LOS required to each subscriber unit
Base station creates a single point of failure
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6. Multi-Point to Multi-Point (Mesh)
Pros
Reach & scalability with multi-hop connections
Flexibility – can be deployed a PtP, PtMP or mesh
Distributed intelligence vs command-and-control approach of PtMP
Cons
Variable performance from different vendors
More complex design vs PtP or PtMP
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7. Mobile Real-time Video –
Killer App Enabled by Mesh
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8. Mobile Video: Real-time Visibility
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9. Wireless-enabled Campus
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10. Cal State Long Beach PD
37 cameras
How used
Overt surveillance
Integrated with
dispatch
Wireless offload for
ALPR cameras
Funding
PD budget
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11. Outfitting Patrol with Mobile Video
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12. Transit Security
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13. Video Streaming: Seoul Subway
World’s first subway installation of this kind
Real-time video from trains @ 50 mph
Extremely harsh conditions
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14. Wireless ‘Look-in’: MBTA, Boston
• 500 busses, 8 cameras each
• Mobile-to-mobile surveillance
• Passenger and operator safety;
liability protection
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15. Critical Infrastructure & Industrial Ops
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16. Open Pit Mining
Diagnostics & weight data
Video surveillance – operator safety
& location
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17. Key Requirements for Mobile Video
Fixed and/or mobile infrastructure
High throughput
Low latency < 1.5 ms per hop
Low packet jitter (variation in latency)
Zero packet loss & end-to-end QoS
Specialized infrastructure required
APs not suitable for real-time, high-bandwidth mobile video
surveillance
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18. Wireless Saves Time, Money
LA County Sheriff’s Dept. Buffalo, NY
Rockford, IL Denver / DNC ‘08
Dallas, TX
NASA Dryden Yuma Intl Airport
Downtown Chicago
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19. Thank You!
For a copy of the presentation, please contact:
Ksenia Coffman, Firetide
kcoffman@firetide.com
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