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Uttar Pradesh to build Smart Sensor Wireless Network Solution by iRam
Ganga Expressway Technologies
he Government of Uttar Pradesh apid urbanisation and rise in can change citizen behaviour and local
has approved construction of population have led to widescale administrations operational approach &
Tthe 600km Ganga Expressway. Rimplementation of smarter methodology.
Estimated to cost Rs360bn, the infrastructures and development of With over years of Research &
expressway is claimed to be the Smart Cities worldwide. This smart Development at iRAM’s Bangalore
world’s longest and aims to provide infrastructure has an underline or last facility and various Smart City
better connectivity between mile layer of Wireless Sensor Networks deployments, iRAM has announced
Allahabad and the western districts which is responsible for extraction and general availability of its robust Smart
of UP. The expressway will run from communication of accurate field data Sensor Wireless Network (SSWN). This
Meerut through Amroha, Badaun, from an urban living environment. Network comprises of specific sensors,
Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Unnao, Rae These living environments can be air controllers, actuators, gateways
Bareli, and Pratapgarh. quality, parking, traffic, streetlights, and signal boosters/repeaters. As of
surveillance, waste management, now this network is being used for
water distribution and many more.
This accurate data from Wireless various Smart City applications like
Sensor Network is transmitted to Smart Parking Management System,
edge computing servers or remote Streetlight Management Systems and
management servers via cities Environment Monitoring Stations. Inter-
telecommunication backbone. This operating Testing is going-on for other
data is further processed by servers Smart City applications like Smart Bin’s,
and made available to citizens and local Vehicle Tracking, Smart Buildings etc.
administration and other stake holders iRAM has successfully tested this
as an actionable intelligence resulting network solution with iRAM’s Smart
in key objective of making urban living Parking Application & Environment
convenient. Monitoring application in city of Kanpur,
This IoT architecture based Wireless iRAM’s Smart Parking Application in
Sensor Network is fundamental for Bhubaneshwar and Smart Lighting &
realisation of Smart City as timely & Environment Monitoring applications
accurate data from field is one of the in Dahod. Deployment is underway at
most critical components for right another half a dozen Smart Cities in
actions from city administration & India & Abroad.
citizens. This timely and accurate data SSWN uses multiple technologies like
802.15.4, LoRa, Wi-Fi, BLE, 2G/4G and
operates in Multiple ISM Bands i.e. Sub
1GHz (865-867MHz) and 2.4 GHz. It
has AES-128 Key encryption for secured
wireless communication and has in-built
self-diagnosis to avoid packet loss.
These full-scale specifications, rigorous
outdoor testing and various Industry
certifications makes it capable to deliver
near 100% accurate and real-time
communication.
iRAM’s Chief Technology Officer
Satya Narayana Divi said, “ With
pervasiveness of smart phones and
3G/4G, the availability of Internet access
is not a challenge anymore in India. The
challenge is to increase the use of IoT
applications by improving Citizen’s trust
on the accuracy, availability, delivery
and security of these Technologies.”
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