你的交通系统有多智能

David Fortini

May 11, 2018

Read how Transit Wireless became a recipient of industry firm IDC's Smart City North America Award.

从纽约到加利福尼亚, 以及中间的任何地方, cities are investing in and adopting technology to make their environments more livable in the modern age: meaning smart, 连接和安全.

In recognition of the huge impact that smart cities are making across the nation, IDC最近推出了首个服务 北美智慧城市奖(SCNAA). 祝贺我们的搭档， Transit Wireless, for taking home the 2018 IDC North America award for 数字公平与可及性. Thanks to the work done as part of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) New York City Transit (NYCT) initiative to improve the transit system, more than 5.7 million folks experience the benefits of a smart city with free Wi-Fi access while traveling by subway each day. How cool is that?

The WiCom network that brings smart city technology to the City’s underground subway system, 是Transit Wireless的一个项目 , 该公司获得了MTA的设计许可, build, operate and maintain the cellular and public Wi-Fi connectivity in the NYC underground subway stations. 2011年开工建设, and the project was completed an unprecedented two years ahead of schedule, January 1, 2017. Based on a public-private agreement with Transit Wireless, MTA和运营商合作伙伴, the estimated 350-million-dollar infrastructure project came at no cost to taxpayers.

Curiosity about the inner-workings of a project of this magnitude is understandable; the network operates across all 282 underground stations with a fiber-optic backbone that is 160+ miles long, connecting to five highly secure base station data centers with more than 7000 antennas system-wide. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise switches handle the large volume of traffic of more than 500 terabytes of data per month and the extreme environmental conditions. In addition, the switches work seamlessly across networks that provide services to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless customers. 你可以看看ALE传输无线 case study to get all the details on how ALE tackled the specific challenges of this project.

One of the key goals of the project was to address safety concerns in the underground. The dedicated public safety network operating on a 4.9 GHz spectrum, along with 1,200 highly-visible Help Points provide immediate access to assistance at the touch of a button. One benefit of this network is E911 services enabling dispatchers to know when a call is being placed from an underground platform, and can direct first responders to the approximate call locations. 

Smart cities also provide its citizens with new opportunities and access. For example, the free Wi-Fi available courtesy of the Transit Wireless Wi-Fi network provided subway riders with access to the “Subway Library,2017年夏天, where anyone could download free e-books from any public library.

In the city that never sleeps, access, safety and convenience are key. Thanks to the WiCom network in New York City’s underground subway stations, residents, commuters and tourists alike can navigate the underground with free access to state-of-the-art communications technology; keeping us safe, connected, and moving forward— both with our need to be digitally connected and on our physical, 每日回家旅程. 

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