Avigilon HD Solution Delivers Complete Security Infrastructure to King Abdulaziz Airport

In order to secure the 13 parking lots, terminal lobbies, restaurants and duty-free stores, a high-resolution infrastructure integrated by 274 Avigilon cameras.

King Abdulaziz (KAIA – King Abdulaziz International Airport) It is the third largest airport in Saudi Arabia and occupies an area of 105 square kilometers. Due to its proximity to the cities of Mecca and Medina, It is the gateway to the country for a large number of visitors from all over the world.

In recent years, A series of renovations have been carried out to improve passenger service and guarantee their safety and, recently, has implemented a high-definition surveillance system of Avigilon in their 13 parking lots, terminal lobbies, restaurants and duty-free stores to secure travelers and protect airport assets more effectively.

The company in charge of carrying out the project has been Al Musbah, a local security solutions provider. “Looking for a high performance solution, Reliable and easy to use to capture irrefutable evidence for quick and successful investigations. The ability to act quickly when an incident occurs, whether it's an accident or theft, is a critical factor in reducing disruption and maintaining high levels of customer service. “Avigilon’s high-definition surveillance system gives us the tools to review and take appropriate action as quickly and efficiently as possible.”, explains Adel Safadi, manager of CCTV & Video Analytics Systems de Al Musbah.

To respond to these requirements, they have been installed 274 Avigilon HD cameras with a resolution of 1 a 16 MP.

Ounce of 16 MP, three of 11 MP, 29 of 5 MP, 43 of 2 MP and 31 1 MP are in charge of monitoring the 2.000 vehicles entering and leaving parking lots daily. In airport lobbies and duty-free stores, 24 cameras 5 MP, 44 of 2 MP and 87 of 1 MP to provide complete coverage.

All cameras are transmitted and monitor the 24 hours of the day in the airport control room. Security personnel manage the surveillance system using video management software (NVMS) Avigilon Control Center Enterprise con High-Definition Stream Management (HDSM), which was created from scratch to manage high definition video surveillance solution.

With this infrastructure, security personnel can easily manage 274 cameras, providing evidence to facilitate investigations, monitor inventory levels and ensure best practices in terminal lobbies and throughout stores.

The airport reduced installation and labor costs by reducing the number of cameras required, of 2.300 analog cameras went to 274 cameras. Leveraging Avigilon's JPEG2000 compression and high-definition stream management technology, KAIA was also able to achieve superior image quality with minimal network bandwidth requirements.

By leveraging Avigilon Control Center Enterprise software, Security personnel can view live images and play videos at the same time, while managing multi-megapixel cameras seamlessly in review and fast-forward mode.

“By using Avigilon Control Center we can recover evidence at a high speed. Search capabilities are unrivaled”, says Adel Safadi.

The ability to zoom in on points of interest while maintaining a full live view of the overall scene has also proven to be a huge advantage.. “We have four local and six remote operators. Everyone can zoom into a different scene within the same camera. 16 MP, something that is impossible with a mechanical PTZ”.

Airport security personnel have improved the success of their investigations since the installation of the Avigilon HD surveillance system.

Although impressed with the Avigilon image quality, to the airport, initially, worried that the bandwidth requirements were too high. Al Musbah wanted to ensure that the system installed could efficiently manage the transmission and display of high-definition video, for additional details not to be lost.

With High-Definition Stream Management technology (HDSM) Avigilon HD surveillance system only sends requested pixels, so the workstation is not overwhelmed by unnecessary data processing.