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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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