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New wireless for Cambridge

by Mark Rowe

Cambridge has a new wireless connection for its public space CCTV system in the city centre. The Siklu EtherHaul radios replace the previous 5.8 GHz wireless.

The city centre as a commercial district beside many university colleges was a high traffic area for traditional 5 GHz wireless networks that are used by businesses, university departments and residents. Siklu says that its radios bypass the congested 5.8 GHz spectrum wireless frequency by using the millimeter wave spectrum to transmit information across Cambridge’s CCTV networks, providing what the product firm calls an interference-free and secured communication infrastructure for the city.

Ron Johnson, the owner of Videcom Security, the Waltham Abbey-based firm which installed the radios, said: “Siklu’s millimeter wave technology eliminated the camera latency issues that the previous wireless infrastructure presented. The CCTV network in the city centre is now so robust that we have been able to install additional cameras in the area for more comprehensive security coverage without sacrificing fibre-like network speed, reliability and stability.”

Cambridge’s public CCTV system which covers several other towns in the district monitors 254 cameras in total. Unlike legacy wireless networks whose wide beams can be vulnerable to interception, Siklu says that its radios as deployed in Cambridge use ultra-narrow beams in the 60GHz millimeter wave spectrum to transmit information across the network securely, making the radios inherently secure from interceptions and hacking. As a result, sensitive information can be transmitted across the network securely.

Eyal Assa, Siklu’s CEO, said: “As technology advances and physical security requires more and more security and reliable network bandwidth, Siklu can offer cities like Cambridge the infrastructure needed to keep city centres and other areas safe.”

The Siklu EtherHaul mmWave product line will be on show at IFSEC 2017 in London from June 20 to 22 as part of IP video software company Milestone Systems’ stand #E750, where Siklu will also conduct live demonstrations.

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