LAN airline, one of the most important airline companies in Latin America, is based in Lima, Peru. The airline operates scheduled domestic and international services, controlling over seventy percent of the domestic market. Its main base and maintenance centre are located in Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, which is a significant transfer hub and aviation infrastructure for South America.

As specified by both the comany and customers it is essential that the centre is effectively covered to ensure a 100% regular management and operation. However, as it is located inside the Jorge Chávez International Airport, it brings with it some additional challenges as neither too many cables nor wireless antennae are allowed because due to possible electronic jamming.

Under these circumstances, the Dahua team suggested a hybrid solution — a combination of AP (access points) and wire transmission —  which wirelessly transmits the camera data to inter-connected sub-centres, and then transmits via cable to the control room.

The “AP mode” wireless video transmission system includes access points, feeders, PoE, antennae and power cables, allowing a 3.0km to 5.0km long-distance fast transmission with a wide angle, by which, the coverage is further expanded.

There are in total hundreds of network cameras and Dahua speed domes involved in this project, ranging from basic lineup to the Eco-Savvy series with versatile shapes such as domes and box cameras according to the actual surveillance surroundings. Take the Eco-Savvy camera series for example, the dome camera is able to provide high-quality images with much lower power consumption — potentially saving up to 50% energy compared with similar products from other bidders. Moreover, the Dahua 6C-series speed dome cameras can not only provide clear and crisp images, but they also require less output power, lowering the power output of the airport.

As for storage, over fifteen 16-channel PoE NVRs are applied, each with 384Mbps incoming bandwidth, rendering a smooth HD real-time preview and recording; and its PoE function simplifies installation and reduces signal interference. The NVR accommodates up to 16Tb with 4 SATAs supported, ensuring a large volume 7/24 storage.

“Actually, we have many bidders and the final reason that drives us to cooperate with Dahua is their outstanding product quality and service. We can see their professionalism in video surveillance plus we felt they were sincere during our communications,” Said Luis A. Gómez Cornejo, Supervisor of Electronic Security at LAN Perú. “The implementation went great, they deployed the system within quite a short time and the products are performing well.”

“We feel super honoured to be involved in this case,” said William Zhou, Sales Director for Latin Americas at Dahua Technology. “In recent years, we are going vertical rather than providing simple and individual products. And this project deepened our insight and practical experience towards airport projects.”