pls 2016: smart cities are they really happening?
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Smart CitiesAre they really happening?ILP Summit 2016
Smart city timeline
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Smart cities – additional applications using the lighting column2016
Integrated smart cities – fully integrated applications bringing wide society benefits2018
Smart lighting – simple switching and maintenance savings2006
Smart lighting – dimming, switch over to LED, energy savings2010
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Who are Telensa?
1 in 10 UK lights are connected by Telensa
Smart city applications today - lighting
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UNB Network
- Example: Birmingham- 1M population- 30 base stations
- Supports mains and battery devices
- No connectivity costs
Smart city applications today - parking
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Deployed over 2 years ago- Moscow 5000 units- St Petersburg 5000
units- Shanghai, Shenzen
FREE
Mesh and Low Power Wide Area (LPWA)
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Both have been around for 20 years
Mesh – electricity smart meteringLPWA – Internet of Things and smart cities
Cost savings* of >£250,000 over 10 years compared to mesh(based on 15,000 lights)
*Data taken from published Elexon figures
Smart city applications today - waste
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Litter monitoring- Large customer bids
underway- 7 year battery life- 50% cheaper than
alternativesFREE
Evolution of services IV – beacons
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Revenue generation- Bluetooth
iBeacons/Eddystone- Provide public service or
marketing information
Integrated smart city applications - traffic
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Video analytics
- Initial trial system up and running
- Collaboration with BT and Suffolk CC
- Integration using Hypercat standard
Data Hub PLANET
City Verve Manchester
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Government competition to fund a flagship smart city for the UK
Awarded to Manchester
Largest consortium contribution- Cisco, BT, SAP, Telensa
Telensa leading workgroups- Smart street lighting- Smart parking
City Verve – an integrated smart city
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But which smart city platform do I use?
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Planet UI
TelensaCentral System
Data API
BT Data Hub
Cisco CDP Niagara Thingworx
TALQ
3rd Party CMS
Trial now active Project
started
3rd Party Lighting Network
Lighting dB
SCADA
Project started
Smart City PlatformsLighting Specific Platforms
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Hot off the presses!
June 2016 – will see the alignment of the major players in ETSI – a recognised standards body
Supported by ARM, Cisco, Accenture
Narrowband – designed for 100 000’s devices
Spread spectrum – designed for 100’s devicesRemaining a proprietary, single vendor solution
Summary
• Lighting networks offer a free route to additional services
• So selecting the correct network technology is key• Does it support wide area battery applications?• Does it support a variety of city dashboard platforms?• Is it based on an open standard?
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