New IP surveillance network
Funded by the Federal Government's Safer Cities project, the network, contracted by Moreton Bay Regional Council in Queensland, will provide 130 square kilometres of mesh coverage.
Moreton Bay Regional Council is the third largest local government in Australia, with an estimated population of 370,000.
Link Security Group was selected based on their proposed solution's ability to overcome challenges in the design and deployment of the surveillance network.
The designed needed to be a completely wireless high-bandwidth video solution that would not be affected by weather conditions, rust, corrosion or vandalism.
Most importantly, the system needed to be built under a critical timeline and meet the requirement to transmit high-resolution and HDTV live video feeds.
The extended coverage area and stringent performance specifications were the major factors in selecting wireless product for the project.
Forty-two Firetide outdoor mesh nodes form the infrastructure backbone of the project, supporting close to 50 outdoor IP video surveillance cameras.
In addition to all-wireless infrastructure, the project is also the first in Australia to incorporate Axis HDTV cameras alongside Firetide's mesh wireless technology.
Link chose Axis Communications rugged outdoors cameras for the installation, including pan-tilt-zoom Q6032-E cameras for their impressive optics package, and fixed HDTV P1344 cameras for the ability to transmit video at 30 frames per second in HD resolution.
Milestone XProtectTM open-platform video management software supports multiple server applications and unlimited IP cameras.
The benefit of the Milestone VMS in this project is that although the Council's initial requirement is to support the IP cameras, there is an opportunity for the Milestone platform to integrate the Council's existing large population of existing analogue CCTV cameras.
The network is currently ahead of the project delivery schedule, and Link intends to transfer system ownership to the Council "within months".