Creating the Modern Smart City
Communities across the United States are seeking to upgrade their infrastructure to keep up with growing populations, curb violence, and provide overall better quality of life to residents, tourists, and local businesses.
Many products that can help townships achieve “smart city” status are overly expensive and require experienced RF technicians to engineer, deploy, and maintain them.
Connecting with NERGY
When you think of a smart city, what do you think of? Somewhere with flying cars or fully autonomous robot butlers? While NERGY can’t enable those types of applications, it can be used to create the backbone for a city that wants to be continuously connected. By partnering with the nation’s leading wireless carriers we are able to provide 5G and LTE connectivity across large, remote areas as well as the most densely populated community hotspots. NERGY is pole mountable and uses a sleek design to stay out of sight while providing connectivity for entire areas.
For Public WiFi
One of the most common applications for NERGY is to provide public WiFi for communities. This connectivity can be shared with residents, tourists, and local businesses alike. By setting up login portals to access the WiFi, municipalities are able to capture user data and provide tailored advertisements, further boosting the local economy. This can also help students from areas without reliable connectivity complete online coursework from popular community hotspots like coffee shops or public libraries.
For Smart City Applications
The average person may view smart cities as being a ways off, but in reality they are already here. By deploying several NERGY Kits within area, towns and cities can enable applications like automated door locks, sprinkler systems, light controls, and more. One RCN customer was facing tons of wasted man hours by having to truck roll every night and morning to lock and unlock publically accessible bathroom doors. By deploying NERGY, they were able to automatically lock/unlock every door remotely at the exact same time every day.
Image of a pole mounted, solar powered NERGY Kit.
Carrier agnostic and Internal Cradlepoint Hardware
By partnering with all major North American wireless carriers, RCN’s solutions are able to integrate with the most reliable networks available. Kits can even be outfitted with dual-SIM capabilities to stay online during outages or to simply boost connectivity levels even more.
There are two options for internal hardware – A Cradlepoint R1900 or the R920 – both of which are designed to support IoT applications. The R1900 is capable of supporting both LTE and 5G, while the R920 only supports LTE.
NERGY
A Public WiFi & Smart City Enablement Solution
Benefits Include:
Weatherproof NEMA Enclosure
Creates Digital Equity for Underserved Areas
Out of Sight Design
Can Provide Free WiFi for Residents & Visitors
7 or 5-in-1 Antenna Options
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