Port of Singapore Authority
COE provided comprehensive CCTV coverage
Integrated analytics enhances security
COE provided comprehensive CCTV coverage
COE provided comprehensive CCTV coverage
Published: 09.05.2009
Sector: Sea Ports
PSA operates the largest container port in the world, handling close to one fifth of the world’s total container transhipment throughput. PSA required a comprehensive CCTV infastructure upgrade.
Project brief
The network design of the Port of Singapore spans several control centres located around four main terminals. The central desire of PSA in this upgrade to their network has been to heighten operational efficiency through integration of surveillance across these terminals and to enable a range of new technologies to be implemented throughout.
Analysis
Maintaining absolute security and operational efficiency throughout a site as large and diverse as the Port of Singapore’s four terminals from a design perspective requires coordinating a highly complex network with simple, effective command and control methodologies.
As PSA is in constant operation, analytical processing was commissioned to prevent backlogs and bottlenecks from occurring at various locales in the Port’s operations.
PSA also required a future-proofed, scalable system which facilitated incremental installation to eliminate any potential compromise.
Solution
To maximise functionality of legacy cameras and the fibre optic infrastructure on site whilst also integrating new IP technologies, COE proposed a hybrid infrastructure, utilising COE’s X-Net Nano encoders to enable transmission over the existing fibre optic lines from cameras to equipment hubs. At this point, COE’s X-Net H-Cards encode the analogue video to the digital H.264 standard, requiring 30% less bandwidth than any other currently available digital encoding standards with minimal quality compromise. This data is then made available to operators through a dual homing 1Gb Ethernet network, maximising the benefits of high capacity fibre optic transmission and the management flexibility offered through IP Ethernet transmission.
Benefits
The chosen specification for a 1,100 camera system will provide heightened functionality, comprising an integrated IP surveillance solution including COE's VMS control room software, X-Net Video Intelligence (Video Content Analysis) for increasing operator efficiency, and associated recording systems. COE’s state of the art equipment to be used includes video transmission, camera control and redundancy provided by COE's H.264 codecs and COE's X-Net fibre transmission system.
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