Securing the 2014 World Cup in Brazil: Powering Wireless Communications for Mobile Command and Control Vehicles
10 July 2014
It's the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, and it comes around every four years. The FIFA World Cup is a truly global event in its reach.
As well the massive television audience, more than 3.2 million people are expected to attend the 62 matches in the 12 host cities.
Ensuring public safely for this huge influx of people is a major challenge. In preparation for the 2013 Confederation Cup and the 2014 World Cup, the Secretariat for Major Events, a branch of Brazil's Ministry of Justice, spent more than US $571 million on high-tech security. One of the key investments is a fleet of Mobile Command & Control Center vehicles.
The vehicles are designed to function as integrated command and control centers to meet public safety and civil defense needs during these mega events. They are equipped with state-of-the art communications systems, cameras, computers and monitors.
To enable real-time video, data and VoIP communications between the control centers and the mobile command vehicles, the Secretariat equipped the command vehicles with RADWIN 5000 broadband radios. These radios seamlessly communicate with strategically installed base stations located across the host cities.
Using GPS technology and RADWIN 5000's nomadic operation mode, the vehicle subscriber unit automatically connects to the nearest base station to facilitate reliable, high-capacity broadband connectivity between the vehicles and control centers.