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Video Surveillance

Description
This center-to-field application area covers the interface between a center and video surveillance equipment in the field. The video surveillance equipment, consisting of switches, CCTV cameras, and communications infrastructure, provides incident information, traffic images, and surveillance images to a center operator.

This graphic shows the scope of the Center to Field Video Surveillance application area.  This scope is described in the preceding text.
National ITS Architecture Interface
This application area includes the interfaces between the center subsystems that can directly control video surveillance equipment and the video surveillance equipment. In each case, the center subsystem controls the video surveillance equipment by sending commands for lens adjustment (zoom), camera positioning (panning the camera left or right or tilting the camera up or down), and video switching (input and output assignments). The video surveillance system responds with high fidelity, real-time images suitable for surveillance monitoring and incident detection and verification. The following specific interfaces in the National ITS Architecture are included:
  • Traffic Management Subsystem to Roadway Subsystem (RS) for traffic/incident monitoring and management
  • Maintenance and Construction Management Subsystem to RS for work zone monitoring and management
  • Emergency Management to Security Monitoring Subsystem (SMS) for security monitoring and surveillance


Applicable Standards
In general, the following standards are applicable to Video Surveillance deployments. To determine which specific standards are applicable for a deployment you will need to determine which architecture flows will be needed for the Video Surveillance piece of your deployment. Contact your local FHWA ITS division specialist or an ITS Standards Program Field Support Team contact for additional help.

Standards development statuses as of January 23, 2009

StandardDevelopment Status
NTCIP 1102: Octet Encoding Rules (OER) Base ProtocolPublished
NTCIP 1103: Transportation Management Protocols (TMP)Published
NTCIP 1201: Global Object DefinitionsPublished
NTCIP 1205: Object Definitions for Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Camera ControlPublished
NTCIP 1208: Object Definitions for Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) SwitchingPublished
NTCIP 2101: Point to Multi-Point Protocol Using RS-232 Subnetwork ProfilePublished
NTCIP 2102: Point to Multi-Point Protocol Using FSK Modem Subnetwork ProfilePublished
NTCIP 2103: Point-to-Point Protocol Over RS-232 Subnetwork ProfilePublished
NTCIP 2104: Ethernet Subnetwork ProfilePublished
NTCIP 2201: Transportation Transport ProfilePublished
NTCIP 2202: Internet (TCP/IP and UDP/IP) Transport ProfilePublished
NTCIP 2301: Simple Transportation Management Framework (STMF) Application ProfilePublished
NTCIP 2302: Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) Application ProfilePublished
NTCIP 2303: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Application ProfilePublished
NTCIP 8003: Profile FrameworkPublished
NTCIP 9001: NTCIP GuidePublished
ITE ATC Controller 5.2: Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) Published
ITE ITS Cabinet: ITS Standard Specification for Roadside CabinetsPublished
SAE J2266: Location Referencing Message Specification (LRMS)Published

Deployment Resources
Deployment resources can be found in the deployment resources section.

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