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• Improved public safety by connecting a community based monitoring centre and the police force to previously
isolated CCTV
• Increased speed and reliability of city communications infrastructure

• Creating opportunities for IoT deployments: footfall sensors, CCTV and traffic monitoring sensors have already been
added to this network;

• Creating opportunities for cost sharing of communications costs therefore connecting more devices and locations

• Improved DR and backup capacity to any location in the network
• Demonstrates how to maximize the untapped potential of the city’s infrastructure assets in order to create new
data communications capabilities for Limerick
No major challenges were encountered. However, identifying and maintaining a register of city assets (ducting
available in footpaths and roads) can be problematic. In the discovery phase, interviews with engineers, technicians
and contractors helped us identify information about city assets from previous project plans and aggregate this
information in a GIS system.

The Digital Strategy Department worked across the Council in close co-operation with ICT, Traffic Management,
Community Support Services departments to put forward a proposal to other agencies for co-creating this network and
sharing costs. The proposal was very well received and the benefits of the project increased as more agencies joined
the project.

Future areas of improvement:
• Further expanding the use of the network

• Development of a self-monitoring and alert system on the network
• Development of a network loop across the city in order to increase resiliency

• Mature the governance and operational processes

Figure 10. Identifying and Maintaining City Assets

Report title: Connected City Blueprint
29 Issue Date: 15 December 2016 Wireless Broadband Alliance Confidential & Proprietary.
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