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FEATURED TOPICDigital Transition -The term "Digital Transition" describes the process all organizations must go through in the 21st Century, as they leverage new technologies that provide new options for Applications, Equipment, Processes, and Networks that make them more effective. In contrast, the term "Municipal Wireless" is limiting. It puts the network technology ahead of the application and process changes that drive the business case. ORIENTATION |
« Security for Wireless | Weblog | All Municipal Networks are Custom Networks » Neighborhood Security ResourcesTropos Metro-Scale Wi-Fi Networks for Video Surveillance This white paper describes the impact that a "crime control system" had on high-crime neighborhoods in New Orleans. By combining a Tropos wireless mesh node with a streetlight and a wireless video camera, New Orleans police were able to realize dramatic reductions in assault and murder rates, often crimes of opportunity. A well-lit area that is under video surveillance becomes mighty unattractive for criminals, who we assume either forego their crime or go to seek out a more favorable venue. Either way the community benefits when criminals are disrupted in their nefarious pursuits. Score one for technology! Broadband Public Safety Data Networks in the 4.9 GHz Band:Potential, Pitfalls & Promise Tropos authors drill down on the potential of using the Public Safety spectrum to bring wireless broadband to a community. Police officers in Idaho use Wi Fi to fight crime with voice over IP, e-mail and remote-controlled video cameras over the network for use in 22 patrol cars. Idaho knows Wi Fi. Posted on May 22, 2005 at 12:02 PM CommentsPost a commentTrackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: |
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