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March 5, 2015

Introduction

Examples

Characteristics

Technologies

Problems

Conclusion

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Introduction

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Revolution of the streetlight

Energy viewOil -> Gas -> Electric Grid -> Hybrid energy -> …

Function viewLighting -> Decoration -> Publication -> Information board -> …

Introduction

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Background of the next revolution

Smart City Intelligent city

Livable environment

Environment-friendly

Energy-saving

Smart Grid Renewable energy

Traditional grid access

Remote Management

Introduction

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Background of the next revolution

Machine to Machine Network M2M

Communication infrastructure for Internet of things(IOT)

Possibility to connect all the things in the planet

Examples

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London Deployment of iPad-controlled smart street lights from 2013 in Westminster.

Cost : £3.25 million for 14,000 lights.

Ability to alert workers through an iPad app for the repair and replacement.

Ability to control the output of each light remotely through an iPad app.

Save : £420,000 per year from 2015/16.

Examples

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General Electric Construction the streetlight network.

Acquisition platform of the distributed environmental data.

Intelligent urban safety management and real-time traffic management.

“LightGrid™” saved $ 250,000 for the City of San Diego in the United States in 2014.

Examples

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Shen Yang Free Wi-Fi hotspot on streetlight.

Free and fast access of Internet.

Video surveillance in commercial area.

Hang Zhou and Hong Kong.

Examples

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Idsud Energies A French hybrid streetlight provider.

Off-grid streetlights.

A better energy solution.

Monitoring system for remote maintenance.

Characteristics

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LED lamp.

Automatic adjustment of the lighting intensity.

Adaptive opening and closing of the lamp.

Networking and wireless connections.

Renewable energy producer.

Environmental sensors.

Real-time traffic guide(data collection and information board).

Wi-Fi hotspot.

Remote management.

On grid equipment.

Interface for electric vehicles.

Technologies

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Multi-disciplinary Electronics and electricity

Telecommunication

Computer and information system

Renewable energy

Technologies

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Electronics and electrics Lamp

Controller

Data acquisition

Battery

Sensor

On grid equipment(inverter)

Technologies

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Telecommunication Internet of Things

M2M technology

Special infrastructure

Different from GPRS and 3G

Large data flow

More instruments

Low-speed flow

Wi-Fi access point

Technologies

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Computer and information system System integrator

System platform

Data processing center

Decision and control center

Smartphone app and Web app

Security consideration

Technologies

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Renewable Energy Solar panel

Wind turbine

Electronics

Mechanics

Material

Energy

Problems

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Non-technical Policy

Sociology -- Privacy Protection

Laws and regulations

Cost

Problems

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Technical Technological platform and specification

Security of telecommunication

Communication network construction

Big data flow communication

On grid equipment

Life and capacity of the battery

Conclusion

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An important contributor for the construction of smart city.

More and more attention.

Development of the technologies concerned.