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Intelligent Transportation System Helps Beaufort County Increase Traffic Safety on SC 170, One of South Carolinas Most Hazardous Highways

Source: Cisco
Date: January 2008
Type: White Paper
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Overview: The Beaufort County, South Carolina wanted to design, build, and install the new traffic management system. The new system enabled public safety personnel to remotely monitor the highway between the city of Beaufort and Hilton Head and respond to calls more quickly than they were able to before. However, the system was highly susceptible to the lightning strikes. To address the power outages and isolate multiple sites to limit the chain reaction, the Beaufort County and Cisco team implemented Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (CWDM), an optical technology that limits outages by grouping Ethernet switches on separate optical wavelengths.


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