AWWA ACE58179

With the implementation of appropriate security measures receiving full attention in thewater supply industry, many municipalities are faced with the challenge of not onlymonitoring their facilities through supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), but adding remote video surveillance anddatalogging for security at remote sites. Most municipalities today already have SCADAsystems in place, but those using radio communications as the primary backbone arelimited to small bandwidths of less than 9600 bps. This leaves municipalities with onlyminimal bandwidth for datalogging retrieval and remote surveillance applications.Recently there has been an explosion in wireless products available on the market thatwill allow municipalities to leverage their existing infrastructure and available resources.These wireless products are based on the Ethernet communications media that is theunderlying core in most office networking environments.This paper reviews fundamental concepts of wireless Ethernet communication, designconsiderations for implementation into new and existing municipal SCADA systems,benefits of using wireless Ethernet versus conventional radio systems, and its applicationwith datalogging retrieval and video surveillance systems.Also discussed is an actual case study on a successful design and implementation projectusing a wireless Ethernet SCADA system in a large municipality. The case study examines integration into the Muncipality's existing SCADA communicationsinfrastructure, design criteria used, benefits realized, and future IT development potential. Includes figures.

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Edition:

Vol. - No.

Published:

06/15/2003

Number of Pages:

12

File Size:

1 file , 540 KB