Avigilon HD solution offers complete security infrastructure to King Abdulaziz Airport

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

King Abdulaziz (KAIA – King Abdulaziz International Airport) 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, is the gateway to the country for a large number of visitors from all over the world.

In recent years, a number of renovations have been made to improve passenger service and ensure their safety and, Recently, has implemented a high-definition surveillance system of Avigilon in their 13 Parking lots, terminal lobbies, duty-free restaurants and shops 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 solution provider. “A high-performance solution was sought, reliable and easy to use to capture evidence that was irrefutable for quick and successful investigations. The ability to act quickly when an incident occurs, whether it's an accident or a 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 effectively as possible.", explains Adel Safadi, manager of CCTV & Video Analytics Systems by Al Musbah.

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

Eleven 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 the airport lobbies and in the duty-free shops have been installed 24 cameras 5 Mp, 44 of 2 MP and 87 of 1 MP to provide complete coverage.

All cameras are transmitted and monitored 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 with High-Definition Stream Management (HDSM), that was created from scratch to manage the high definition video surveillance solution.

With this infrastructure, security personnel can easily manage the 274 Cameras, having evidence to facilitate investigations, monitor inventory levels and ensure best practices in terminal concourses and in all stores.

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

Leveraging Avigilon Control Center Enterprise software, security personnel can view live images and play videos at the same time, while managing multi-megapixel cameras without interruptions in review and fast forward mode.

"By using Avigilon Control Center we can retrieve evidence at a high speed.. Search capabilities are unrivaled”, notes Adel Safadi.

The ability to approach 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 operators and six remote operators. Everyone can zoom in on 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 Avigilon's image quality, to the airport, initially, was concerned that bandwidth requirements were too high. Al Musbah wanted to ensure that the installed system 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's HD surveillance system only sends the requested pixels, so the workstation is not overwhelmed by unnecessary data processing.

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