In Transportation

Intelligent Traffic
Management System
Provides Efficient and
Orderly Traffic in Xi'an
Huawei Designs Traffic Surveillance and
Unified Data Storage for Xi'an Traffic
Management Bureau
Background

Xi'an, the capital of many dynasties in Chinas

history, is now one of the country's largest cities and,
with more than 1.2 million vehicles on the roads at
the end of 2011, one of the most congested. As a
result, the Xi'an municipal government developed
a plan to relieve traffic congestion within three
years. The goal was to improve traffic conditions
by managing vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists,
and roads; optimizing the traffic management
infrastructure; and building an intelligent traffic
management system.

Key Challenges

A surveillance network was constructed in 2005

to monitor roads and intersections across the city
in an effort to control congestion. A digital video
transmission exchange platform used Digital Video

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Recorders (DVRs) to record uncompressed video

at each location. The network failed due to several
shortcomings:
Disparate surveillance sites were unable to
achieve real-time surveillance, quick retrieval,
or video playback
The urban traffic police department consists of 10
service offi ces and 11 traffic police brigades, with
12,000 surveillance sites deployed in the main
urban area and on the outskirts of Xi'an. Images
and videos collected at each surveillance site were
stored in separate DVRs, but could not be managed
in a unified manner. Consequently, the original
surveillance system was unable to support real-time
surveillance, quick retrieval, or video playback.
Local storage of surveillance data increased
labor and device costs
The DVRs were not scalable and had limited storage
capacity. A large number of maintenance personnel

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Huawei installed a customized SAN

storage system while considering
the optimum traffic management
service model, anticipated
efficiencies, and user habits. The
intelligent traffic surveillance
system's hardware-level storage
and management platform
made possible real-time service
dispatch and traffic management.
This enabled the Xi'an municipal
government to achieve its goal of
relieving traffic congestion within
three years. >>

were assigned to regularly inspect and collect data at each surveillance site
and replace faulty or aging devices, which increased labor and expense. The
DVRs had no backup, so when a DVR malfunctioned, stored data was easily
lost, which negatively impacted traffic management and case investigations.
Needed a new, intelligent system
The Xi'an Traffic Management Bureau urgently needed an intelligent traffic
management system to meet the city government's commitments. The bureau
looked for:
A system integrated with the original system in order to optimize existing
resources and reduce expenses.
A scalable surveillance network with advanced architecture and feature-rich
functions.
A Storage Area Network (SAN) to replace the DVRs.

Solution

Huawei installed a customized SAN storage system while considering the

optimum traffic management service model, anticipated efficiencies, and user
habits.
The resulting intelligent surveillance network, deployed in a star topology,
consists of video encoders, video servers, and large-capacity Fiber Channel
SAN optical disk arrays in 11 sub-command centers. The network also
includes a digital video storage and management platform to expedite unified
data storage and management. The system supports live video browsing and
real-time video playback. Highlights include:
SAN storage technology supports a variety of hard disks and enough hard
disk channels for future expansion.

Data can be concurrently written to

multiple hard disks.
Central data storage reduces system
construction and maintenance costs.
Hardware and software work redundantly
to upgrade data storage security.
A 32:1 reproduction ratio not only meets
current requirements of traffic surveillance,
but also supports easy upgrades and future
expansion. Easy upgrades were major selling
points for the Xi'an Traffic Management
Bureau.
A 32:1 reproduction ratio not only meets
current requirements of traffic surveillance,
but also supports easy upgrades and future
expansion. Easy upgrades were major selling
points for the Xi'an Traffic Management
Bureau.

Customer Benefits

In October 2012, a television news program

broadcast a story about Xi'an's system,
describing it as a traffic management model
for all of China. Here are reasons why:
The intelligent traffic surveillance system's
hardware-level storage and management
platform made possible real-time service
dispatch and traffic management. This
enabled the Xi'an municipal government
to achieve its goal of relieving traffic
congestion within three years.
The system uses redundancy protection
technology, which transmits videos and
images collected by peripheral units to
the command center, and permits traffic
management personnel to monitor traffic
conditions in real time. As a result, traffic
signals can be adjusted to suit actual traffic
conditions, and traffic police can be assigned
to direct traffic. The system also supports
real-time data retrieval and video playback,
enhancing emergency response.

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