Strasbourg City Centre
IP Surveillance across Strasbourg
IP Surveillance across Strasbourg
Published: 08.05.2009
Sector: Public Space
COE has completed the supply for Strasbourg of a sophisticated city-wide IP CCTV surveillance system utilising hybrid analogue and digital IP video technology.
Project brief
To establish comprehensive CCTV coverage over a dispersed range of areas, including Strasbourg City Centre, several municipalities around Strasbourg, La Meinau Stadium (Strasbourg’s 27,500 seater football stadium), the Zénith (a 10,000 seat veune) and Strasbourg Hospital.
Analysis
Two main Control Centres manage the city’s street cameras while several smaller satellite control centres provide police access. More than 290 cameras over wired and wireless infrastructure to be transmitted across the Metropolitan Area IP Network (MAN) to the various control locations. 50 analogue monitors to be used in conjunction with various PC based control stations.
Solution
In order to transmit the video from each street location to a central monitoring Operation Control Centre (OCC), a secure Gigabit Ethernet network was deployed based on a meshed architecture with Rapid Spanning Tree Network Protocol (RSTP). RSTP enables parallel paths for video traffic and ensures that redundant network paths are enabled if the main path fails. The X-Net codec has been specifically designed for operation over wireless networks which is vital when Operators are using PTZ real-time cameras. The whole system has significantly contributed to crime reduction within the urban area.
Benefits
- The combination of digital technology providing a complex CCTV system with advanced functionalities based on our SDK. This allowed four separate software systems to access video streams independently.
- Industrial grade product for continuous operation 24/7/365.
- The support of LAN, WAN and wireless infrastructures enabling a ‘best fit’ solution.
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