One of the world’s largest integrated IP video security systems. The SNCF system consists of over 13000 cameras and more than 500 train stations interconnected in the same overall system.
At the beginning, SNCF had integrated a regional video protection monitoring system covering the whole Île de France area, including Paris. It extended progressively in phases into the whole French territory. The video system project started at the end of 2004. Since then, the system has constantly evolved. In 2014, the IP camera and operating position deployments were in place in hundreds of stations in Île de France with over 13,000 cameras and more than 500 train stations interconnected.
The system offers real time operations throughout the network. It encodes and records video streams as well as displays video content to multiple groups of users connected to the network with various hierarchical and geographical profiles. The real time video recording system has advanced functionalities, such as dynamic loop size allocation, recording failover, crisis mode and so on. The system is transparently integrated with several third party systems ranging from cameras and alarm systems to recorders.
The SNCF video security system covers the whole Île-de-France area including the city of Paris. It has further expanded into the whole French covering area with a total of over 20 million inhabitants.
Customer need:
- To provide a full end-to-end solution, including full featured VMS, 3rd party systems and sensors, and 24/7 operation and scalability.
- To provide remote monitoring, diagnostic, support and maintenance.
- To provide transparent integration for users of third-party solutions.
- To get a solution supporting a massive number of cameras, recording loops, sites and users.
- To get a true centralised administration, supervision, arbitration and management solution.
- To get the product which has future proof connectivity.
- To get fully customised user profiles.
Solution to customer’s need:
- Centralised administration, supervision,arbitration and management solution.
- Remote monitoring, diagnostic, support and maintenance.
- Fully automated CCTV data storage and retrieval platform.
- Evidential quality image handling and high-speed recording.
- A fully scalable solution offering RAID5 storage with an optional RAID mirror.
- A unique mixture of centralised NAS strorage (45000 loops capable), and distributed DAS recording.
- True modular three-tier solution ensuring 24/7 operations and scalability.
- Multiple scenarios and SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) integrated within the GUI, per user profile.
- Built-in-built audit trail and four-level secure access.
- Indoor and outdoor installation sites: rail tracks, tunnels, platforms, halls, stairs, ticket offices, etc.
- Fully customised user profiles (features, rights and priorities, geographical area), with multiple stakeholders levels.
- Complete set of functionalities: live, record, display, exchange and integration capability with other 3rd party applications.
- Open standard and 3rd party manufacturer: operates more than 100 different protocols and systems (cameras, recorders, help points, analogue matrices, alarm systems, SCADA, etc.
- More than 500 interconnected train stations in Île de France.
- About 100 stations equipped outside of the Paris area, all over the country.
- More than 250 operating positions, spread over six security OCC and 60 different stakeholders (operations, security, safety, emergency officers, traffic control, passenger information, etc.).
- More than 13 000 live cameras in full D1 resolution, both IP and analogue.
- More than 13 000 recording loops in full D1 resolution.
- About 300 PTZ live cameras in full D1 resolution.
- More than 2 000 3rd party sensors integrated, with an increasing trend on new sensors.
Benefits achieved:
Utilising Teleste VMX based system provided the customer the following benefits:
- Encoding (MPEG-4) and streaming of video onto Cisco Gigabit Ethernet backbone over Nortel CWDM system.
- Management and control of video streams, camera control and contact alarms across the network.
- Integration onto backbone to provide multi-casting, quality of service and dynamic bandwidth control.
- Design of network and graphical user interfaces with policy server management and system resilience.
- Decoding of MPEG-4 and 3rd party encoded and digitally recorded video streams for viewing.
- Control of the system with remote real time system monitoring for diagnostics and maintenance.
