Applications
With broadband wireless networks, video surveillance networks are truly unfettered. With the ease and low cost f deployment that wireless affords, video surveillance becomes an affordable choice for many applications, including:
* Public Safety – Police departments and other public safety organizations can monitor problematic areas throughout a city, establish ad hoc neworks, etc.
* Enterprises – Video surveillance to provide perimeter security for their buildings
* Transportation – Transportation agencies can provide constant monitoring as added security for infrastructure
* Government – Often used in Homeland Security applications, government organizations can easily secure buildings, installations, personnel, etc.
* Education – Schools and universities can monitor trouble areas to protect their students throughout a campus
* Public Venues – Stadiums, shopping malls, etc. can provide added security for patrons throughout the venue as well as in parking lots
* Healthcare – Monitoring for healthcare facilities that provides the ability to secure hospital assets, augment patient security, etc.
Benefits
* Rapid deployment – Wireless eliminates the physical barriers that wired deployments face, making it much easier to deploy
* Flexible deployment – Can be deployed anywhere, across water, difficult terrain, remote areas, etc.
* Reduced cost – Eliminates the high costs associated with wired deployments, including cost of materials, cost of trenching, dealing with older buildings, etc.
* High performance – With wireless networks capable of wired capacity, you get all the benefits of wireless without sacrificing any performance