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Volume 18
Achieve Interference-Free Surveillance Networks and More
with Siklu mmWave Radios
A few examples of safe cities
projects, which in the future
could develop into smart cit-
ies initiatives include Burn-
ley Town Centre, which
installed 18 high capac-
ity point-to-point mmWave
links from Siklu to deliver
interference-free connectiv-
ity for 40 newly installed HD
IP CCTV cameras.
The challenge is that with so many services re-
lying on the city network, the network needs to
provide enough capacity for all these services as
well as to scale up in the future as more con-
nected devices are added.
In addition, not every fiber network can eas-
ily and economically reach every location that
needs connectivity.
Network setup based on millimeter wave systems
provides steady multi-gigabit infrastructure cities
can rely on, guarantee the throughput required
for a virtually unlimited number of HD cameras,
Wi-Fi backhaul and IoT sensors.
For those deploying a smart cities network infra-
structure, it’s important to also future proof the
system to ensure the size of the network and
its reach can increase at a later date as needs
change.
Siklu point-to-point mmWave links deliver interference-free
connectivity for 40 newly installed HD IP CCTV cameras for
fiber-like performance, low latency and real-time HD quality
that is now enabling not only recognition but also identifica-
tion at Burnley Town Centre.
In the City of Wichita, whose mmWave links con-
nects 72 fixed bullet, dome and PTZ cameras to
protect its Old Town district, its multi-gigabit ca-
pacity network can run multiple applications on
the same wireless network simultaneously.
The city is currently looking at using Siklu
mmWave wireless radios for other applications,
such as local area network connectivity to city
buildings.
(Learn More from the author, Alex Doorduyn on Wireless Se-
curity Networks. Courtesy of Siklu and YouTube)
For the City of Wichita, the cost to run fiber would
have been too expensive. And interference free
connectivity was also a priority.
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