Maevex H.264 Encoders and Decoders Cost-Effectively Stream Low-Bandwidth, 1080p60 Camera Footage to Educational Air Traffic Control Exhibit 2 KM Away

Maevex provides HKCAD headquarters with a camera view from the airport’s air traffic control tower.
Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (HKCAD) visitors now share the same view as air traffic controllers, remotely observing departing and incoming aircrafts after deploying the Matrox Maevex™ AV-over-IP H.264 encoder/decoder system. Streaming low-bandwidth, 1080p60 video from a camera in Hong Kong International Airport’s ATC tower to its HKCAD Education Path aviation gallery 2 km (1.2 mi) away, Maevex lets HKCAD visitors experience live, close-up footage as if they were one of the airport’s air traffic controllers.
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Located in HKCAD’s headquarters, the Education Path aviation gallery is designed to showcase the functions and vision of the Civil Aviation Department, while promoting various activities within the civil aviation industry. The Education Path features a number of highly-engaging galleries, and HKCAD was interested in adding another to its collection with a “live” air traffic control (ATC) exhibit. The initiative required streaming high-quality, low-latency video feeds of the airport’s aircraft activity between HKCAD’s restricted ATC tower and the remote Education Path aviation gallery. It was also critical that this be achieved within the existing network infrastructure’s 8Mbps of available bandwidth, while keeping the IT network administration satisfied with minimal network bandwidth usage.