Smart Street Lighting

Smart street lights are intelligent and connected systems that are context aware to a user’s environment and incorporate communication capabilities to enable interaction between luminaires, their environment, occupants, and other devices. The intersection of solid-state lighting (SSL) and the Internet of Things (IoT) in street lighting opens a plethora of new opportunities and value propositions. The convergence of digital and physical systems is creating a profound transformation in how we think about street lighting. Beyond the capabilities for advanced lighting controls, the ability of connected street lighting to collect and exchange useful data delivers the potential to enable a wide array of services for smart city applications. The street lighting infrastructure, due to its ubiquitous coverage across urban and rural areas, provides a perfect smart city platform to provide electric power and IP connectivity to a host of IoT devices.