Smart Street Lighting

Abstract

The type of light sources have evolved over a period of time and there has been an improvement in the luminous efficacy of the light sources as they evolved. However the more important aspect would be how efficiently the lighting system is controlled during its lifetime to achieve energy efficiency during operations giving maximum benefit to the customer. The smartness in a lighting system relates more to the control part of the lighting system. These control technologies are also evolving rapidly. The system architecture consists of a Main server, local controller and the street lighting fixtures. There are different modes of communication like GSM, RF or the power cabling network itself for data/signal transfer between different components of the street lighting system. It is possible to provide different types of control like individual control, group control or a combination of both. The control would involve either ON/OFF control or dimming. The smart street lighting pole has multipurpose uses like for mounting of various sensors, video camera, wi-fi system, information display etc. The smart street lighting provides a solution which is energy efficient, having high up time wherein fault location is instantaneous and remedial actions need bare minimum time, provides a quick and easy user interface for system data, Visual graphical environment to track failures, check system health etc.