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Neighborhood WatchCam and Homeland SecureCam To Watch Over New Orleans

Wireless IQ (Solectek press release) | March 4 2005

Solectek today announces a partnership with Active Solutions to deploy wireless video camera and remote vehicle access networks for the City of New Orleans Police Department. Solectek's SkyWay 5000 Multipoint System is coupled with Active Solution's Neighborhood WatchCam(TM) security camera solutions in a city-wide security camera network. In addition, the network will be used to backhaul electronics citation services as well as provide remote access for mobile data terminals used in police vehicles.

Video surveillance has become the latest weapon for law enforcement agencies to fight crime and terrorism. With the emergence of the Neighborhood WatchCam(TM) and its ability to connect directly to the power grid, IP-based network cameras can be easily deployed at strategic locations with video images streamed to a central monitoring station.

Camera placement is often challenging due to the difficulties in network wiring provisions. Wireless backhaul eliminates the problem altogether. "Wireless solutions are making huge inroads into remote video applications. We now have sufficient bandwidth to carry a large number of high resolution video streams, even for installations without line-of-sight to the monitoring center," says Dr. Eric Lee, CEO of Solectek.

Active Solutions, who builds and deploys the Neighborhood WatchCam(TM) and its bullet-resistant big brother, the Homeland SecureCam(TM), chose to work with Solectek's 5.8GHz SkyWay 5000 Systems to provide its wireless backhaul. "The Solectek SkyWay 5000 system was the best choice of wireless systems currently available on the market. We found that their system significantly outperformed other wireless systems in the important criteria for wireless video. It offers a unique combination of high bandwidth, ease of deployment, weatherproof construction and NLOS capability for difficult installations. We have been very successful in integrating their system with our camera solutions," says Iggie Perrin, Vice President of Active Solutions.

Using a two-tier, macro/micro cell approach, Active Solutions has designed multiple, local networks for the cameras using Solectek SkyWay 5000 Multipoint Systems to backhaul all video feeds to the central monitoring station. Initial macro cells were deployed in high crime areas of New Orleans in October of 2004, using 3 multipoint networks and almost 30 streaming, network cameras. Solectek systems not only provided sufficient bandwidth for high-resolution images, but also added crucial NLOS capabilities for most camera locations. A total of 240 cameras should be in service in New Orleans by the end of 2005.