This document discusses the concept of an intelligent community network that connects various entities through technology to improve safety, reduce costs and increase efficiency. It proposes a network of devices, people and processes that work together to enhance things like energy usage, transportation systems and emergency response. The goal is to create a system with no single point of failure that allows secure access for citizens anywhere through the network. Benefits cited include increased safety, lower energy usage and costs, and improved revenue collection. It outlines various components that could be part of such a network across different areas like utilities, transportation and law enforcement.

1. Intelligent Community Network
Services
Putting the pieces together for a safe and
sustainable tomorrow
Michael K. Wons
May-2009

2. Community-wide challenges
Generate revenue and improve safety of community
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Improve efficiency of energy consumption
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Enhance interoperability between devices and
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equipment
Mitigate increased congestion
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Repair and upgrade infrastructure
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Inability to communicate across systems
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Prevent damage to infrastructure
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Facilitate multiple agency
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responses and engage
the community

3. Introduction to the concept
Network of people, processes and technologies in and
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around the community work together to improve safety
and security, reduce crime, reduce congestion and
enable the city's infrastructure to become ultra energy-
efficient
Includes the latest advanced devices, network and
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connectivity technologies
Data and services are managed in a common network
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with no single point of failure
Based on dynamic on-demand capacity and services
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oriented architecture
Enable any device in any location on any network access
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for secured citizens and personnel

4. Value proposition
Increased safety due to less intersection and
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roadway accidents
Improved efficiencies and energy consumption
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Improved collection of fees for those that USE
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the infrastructure, services and systems
Reduced crime rates by increasing the
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effectiveness of law enforcement and policing
Return of more stolen vehicles to their owners,
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reduce insurance rates
Increased capture rates on outstanding parking
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tickets, insurance, vehicle tags increasing
municipal revenues
Common access point for intelligent information
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for community service providers

5. Bringing a community together
Police/Law
Enforcement
Roadways Fire/Rescue
Schools/
Hospitals
Universities
Parking Libraries
Public Works Homes and
(Utilities,
Citizens
Water)
Parks and
Prisons
Recreation
Weather Military
Courts/
Monitoring Bases
Government
Buildings

6. Intelligent community network
services model
Intelligent Community Services Model
Network and Connectivity Services
Law
Homes and
Transportation Emergency Enforcement,
Utilities and
citizens ,
Networks and Management Policing and
Energy
offices, stores
Services Services Safety
Services
and workers
Services
Interoperable Communications Services
Data and Messaging Services
Common Advanced Technologies and Services

7. Intelligent community network
services model
Law
Homes and
Transportation Emergency Enforcement,
Utilities and
citizens ,
Networks and Management Policing and
Energy
offices, stores
Services Services Safety
Services
and workers
Services
“The intelligent community services model brings together all
aspects of what is in, around and going through a community at
anytime. Advanced technologies bring together citizens,
homes, businesses, municipalities and services to provide the
intelligent community of the future. Tomorrow’s community will
be ultra energy efficient, safe, secure and will self-generate
funds to help support the vast majority of mission critical
services…”

8. Intelligent community network
services model
 Intelligent homes
 Smart offices
 Ubiquitous secured
Homes and wireless networks
citizens,
 Anytime, any device
offices, stores
and any location
and workers
accessibility
 Power and network
independent

9. Intelligent community network
services model
 Smart grid
 Dynamic capacity and
delivery systems
 Smart metering
Utilities and
systems
Energy
Services  Improved utilization of
energy
 Less pollution =
improved environment

10. Intelligent community network
services model
 Smart traffic routing
systems
 Red-light enforcement
systems
Transportation
 Road user charging
Networks and
systems
Services
 Vehicle enforcement
systems
 Intelligent in-vehicle
systems

11. Intelligent community network
services model
 Alerting and notification
systems
 Emergency operation
center systems
Emergency
 Community-wide
Management
sensing systems
Services
 Communications
interoperability
 Records management
systems

12. Intelligent community network
services model
 License plate
recognition systems
 Speed management
systems
Law
 Integrated in-vehicle
Enforcement,
Policing and first responder systems
Safety Services
 Communications
Interoperability
 Community
engagement systems

13. Underlying technology components
Common industry platform
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Distributed and redundant environment
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Dynamic capacity mapping to demand
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High performance delivery environment
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Server and module service redundancy
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Data, routing, and connection management
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Interoperability with industry standards
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Supports multi-media, white-boarding, chat, phone
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dialing, messaging, file transfer, etc.
Dynamic user interface and multi-device presence
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Security - access control, intrusion/hacker protection,
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secured encryption and biometrics

14. The industry is aligning…
Terms being used include the following;
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 “Smart City” from IBM
 “Intelligent Urbanization” Systems from Cisco
 “On Demand Neighborhood” from Microsoft
 “Intelligent City” Network from Accenture
 Intelligent community “Virtual City” from Motorola
 Public safety networks,
products, solutions and
services from leading
industry solution providers

15. Steps toward intelligent community
network services
Participate in industry groups and consortiums
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Consider replacing / extending existing law
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enforcement, emergency management, utility
and citizen systems infrastructure to use web
services / XML-based solutions where feasible
Commonize municipal modeling efforts to build
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a portfolio of municipal functions and data
access that over time can be implemented as
services
Start small and build out the network over
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multiple phases
Choose your vendor(s) and partner(s)
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carefully…ensure you have a good roadmap
from current state forward

16. PPP and intelligent community
networks services model
Private Public Partnerships (PPP) are an option for

enabling intelligent community network services
 PPPs have been common internationally for many
years
 Becoming more attractive to public entities
in the US
 Fiscal
pressures at the state and local
government levels due to cost escalations
 Significant
increase in the capital available
for investment in infrastructure
 Currently, PPP activity is underway in
20 states

17. Summary
A dominant leader that provides intelligent community

network services has not yet emerged
Strategic investments in adjoining markets are
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accelerating that leadership void and the race is on
Emerging 2009-2013 spending segments include;
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Smart grids, dynamic capacity and cloud computing,
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intelligent sensors, smart homes and office, red-light
running, speed enforcement, tolling and congestion
solutions with a “green” emphasis, multi-jurisdictional
interoperable communications and video analytics
Migration to a services model is the future direction for

intelligent community networks
Funding of liveable safe and secure communities, smart

grids, and infrastructure upgrades via government and
private sector entities is accelerating