IP Surveillance: The Third Eye

BANGALORE, INDIA: These days security of property and life is concern for everyone. Due to increasing crime rate in commercial sectors has forced the businessmen to use technology for safety and security of their assets.

Security cameras serve the purpose and are now performing the role of third eye for humans. Internet Protocol (IP) security cameras have combined the use of computer and camera. They are the best security solution for domestic and commercial installations.

Third Eye Security

As the crime rate is increasing at an alarming rate, there is a need for excellent security and surveillance technology. Therefore, auto door locks, laser devices, wireless keypads, warning alarms, IP security cameras and other related devices are the recent technological developments to counter security issues.

Out of these, IP security cameras, being most reliable, have proved themselves as humans' third eye security.

IP Security Cameras role in IP surveillance

Internet protocol camera receives analog images, converts them to digital, compresses them internally and finally, using internet protocol, transmits the videos to the computer through the switched IP backbone network.

Well designed IP surveillance network with strong IP switching backbone are important and capable for the security of

1. Oil and gas refineries.

2. Shopping malls.

3. Homes.

4. Schools.

5. Offices for building surveillance, perimeter security, installed expensive devices security.

6. Banks.

7. Hospitals, bridges, roads, traffic signals and other public places.

IP surveillance cameras must be cleverly positioned to monitor targeted areas for any illegal activity. The entire performance of IP surveillance depends on the highly available design, rugged devices and implemented strictly considering the design concepts.

Typical IP Surveillance - THIRD EYE on Highly resilient Switching platform for Public Network - outdoor deployment

The below network signifies active-active highly resilient network for IP surveillance traffic transport. This CORE backbone implemented can provide 99.999% uptime SLA on network which is very important for carrying the IP surveillance video traffic. This same network can support other IP based security system traffic transport.

CORE switches placed in the server room or data center recommended to be commercial grade while the IP surveillance cameras can be connected and send the IP surveillance traffic to industrial grade access switch viz. ATIFS802SP.

Industrial grade access switches can be PoE or non-PoE as per design and site requirement.

CORE commercial grade switches and industrial grade access switches connected through fiber optic cables.

IP surveillance camera connected to the nearest access switch through STP cables.

The author is country manager, India & SAARC, Allied Telesis.