Implementation of Closed-circuit Television (CCTV) Using Wireless Internet Protocol (IP) Camera

Abstract

This paper presents three techniques for configuring, interfacing and networking of a wireless IP-based camera for real-time security surveillance systems design. The three different real-time implementation techniques proposed for configuring, interfacing and networking the IP camera are: 1). accessing the IP-based camera using the WANSCAM or XXCAM vendor software, 2). accessing the IP-based camera via Firefox® web browser , and 3). accessing the IP camera via MATLAB with SIMULINK on an internet ready system. The live streaming video based on the proposed techniques can be adapted for image detection, recognition and tracking for real-time intelligent security surveillance systems design.  The paper also carried out a thorough comparative analysis of the three methods of achieving video streaming resulting from the output of the IP-based cameras. The analysis shows that the WANSCAM or XXCAM software displays the best video animations from the IP-based cameras when compared with the performance of the other methods.

Keywords: Closed-circuit television, Internet protocol, Security surveillance, IP-based cameras, Wireless networking, animations