Video Surveillance Service

The word surveillance may be applied to observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment (such as CCTV cameras), or interception of electronically transmitted information (such as V.Sat). It may also refer to simple, relatively no- or low-technology methods such as human intelligence agents and postal interception.

Surveillance is very useful to governments and law enforcement to maintain social control, recognize and monitor threats, and prevent/investigate criminal activity. Surveillance cameras are video cameras used for the purpose of observing an area. They are often connected to a recording device, IP network, and/or watched by a security guard/law enforcement officer. Cameras and recording equipment used to be relatively expensive and required human personnel to monitor camera footage. Now with cheaper production techniques, it is simple and inexpensive enough to be used in home security systems, and for everyday surveillance. Analysis of footage is made easier by automated software that organizes digital video footage into a searchable database, and by automated video analysis software. The amount of footage is also drastically reduced by motion sensors which only record when motion is detected.

Solution Overview

ICCSAT’s advanced technology provides the features central to upgrading and securing the national energy and utility infrastructure. While SCADA applications typically require a fairly low data rate, it’s critical that every alarm or control message is transmitted within a guaranteed time frame. ICCSAT systems feature a deterministic access method – D-TDMA — that means a remote site can get bandwidth within a pre-designed time limit, not based on a statistical process as with random access (Aloha) systems.

In addition to this guaranteed access scheme, ICCSAT provides Group Quality of Service (GQoS). With GQoS, remote sites can also be equipped to provide on-demand video surveillance and VoIP access plus corporate LAN access for visiting engineers, without compromising the basic deterministic SCADA bandwidth.

ICCSAT technology provides a communications path that is completely independent of terrestrial network systems. The security and integrity of the communications are ensured: links can be encrypted using AES as standard on our FIPS 140-2 compliant platform.

With extremely efficient bandwidth technologies such as ICCSAT’s DVB-S2/ACM implementation and the scalable, universal hub solution you can easily scale your network from just a few hundred sites to several 1000 sites.

Implementation and deployment are extremely easy with ICCSAT’s Network Management System, iVantage® enabling easy configuration, monitoring and control of the entire network.