Smart City Infrastructure Solutions
Transform roads, lighting, poles, cameras and sensors into the digital backbone of your city. Operate everything from a Smart City Control Center in real time – improving safety, saving energy and keeping room for future sensor expansion.
- • Smart Pole / Smart Street Light with dimming and energy metering
- • Smart City Dashboard to monitor and control the entire city
- • CCTV, LED signage, Wi-Fi and city sensors on a unified platform
- • Private LoRaWAN as a dedicated IoT network for the city or province
Vision: Turning Roads and Light Poles into the City’s Digital Backbone
Many Thai cities are facing higher population density, chronic flooding, safety risks on major roads and rising electricity and O&M costs. Traditional street lighting and CCTV infrastructure must therefore become “smarter, connected and centrally manageable” – not just standalone assets.
ESSNext views street lighting, utility poles and LoRaWAN networks as the digital backbone of the city – ready to host future smart city sensors for flooding, air quality, public safety, traffic and municipal operations.
Key Challenges for Cities and Provinces
- Dense urban areas with 24/7 logistics need safe and reliable street lighting
- Coastal flooding, tidal surges and chronic inundation demand lighting that can “sense–reduce–survive” events
- High accident rates on roads, especially during holidays, require better lighting and risk alerts
- Underground cabling projects are a once-in-a-decade opportunity to upgrade to smart lighting
- Volatile energy and O&M costs require metering, analytics and meaningful dimming strategies
Smart City Infrastructure & Management Solutions
A solution stack for cities and provinces that want to build long-term digital infrastructure.
Smart Pole / Smart Street Light
Upgrade conventional street lighting into intelligent lighting systems supporting NEMA/Zhaga controllers, scheduling, dimming, per-luminaire metering and automatic fault notifications.
- Single or group control with flexible groupings
- 25–35% energy savings through dimming strategies
- Future-ready ports for LUX, vibration and temperature sensors
Smart City Control Center / Dashboard
A central control room for the city to visualize and manage street lighting, CCTV, LED signage, environmental and traffic sensors on a single map-based dashboard.
- Real-time maps for lamps and sensors
- Energy graphs, runtime statistics and BI reports
- Work order and SLA management for field maintenance teams
CCTV, LED Signage, Wi-Fi & City Sensors
Use street light poles as platforms for smart city devices – CCTV, LED/VMS, public Wi-Fi and LoRaWAN sensors – to build a 360° operational view of the city.
- CCTV for public safety and digital evidence
- LED/VMS boards for alerts and public information
- Wi-Fi / LoRaWAN to connect diverse city IoT sensors
Private LoRaWAN: The City’s IoT Backbone
ESSNext designs Private LoRaWAN networks for cities and provinces using key street light corridors as locations for outdoor gateways, connected to a LoRa Network Server on cloud or in a government data center.
- Flood, tidal surge and salinity sensors along rivers and coastal zones
- Air quality, noise and generic environmental sensors
- On-street / parking lot occupancy sensors and smart bins
- Smart Pole as IoT backhaul along main roads and industrial corridors
Example 3-Layer Reference Architecture
- Field Layer – LED luminaires with smart controllers, CCTV, LED signage and city sensors on poles
- Network Layer – Private LoRaWAN, outdoor gateways, 4G/LTE backhaul and telecom partners
- Platform Layer – Lighting CMS, Thai-language Smart City Dashboard, BI/AI and Open APIs to other systems
Phased Deployment & Success Metrics
Start small, prove impact, then scale to a full Smart City.
PHASE 1 – Pilot (6–9 months)
- Select 1–2 pilot zones (e.g. main corridor + key industrial zone)
- Deploy Smart Street Light + LoRaWAN gateways
- Operate Smart City Dashboard in Thai
- Plug in starter sensors – flooding, air quality, parking
PHASE 2 – Rollout
- Extend coverage along main roads into urban and logistics areas
- Add sensors for safety, environment and municipal operations
- Adapt dashboard for multiple departments and user roles
- Integrate with existing city/provincial systems
PHASE 3 – Integration & Smart City
- Open APIs for provincial command centers and emergency ops
- Use analytics and AI for energy optimization and predictive maintenance
- Integrate with city apps and citizen-facing services in real time
Success Metrics (Key KPIs)
Emergency modes can push lighting to 100% and flash warning signs automatically in areas with flood or accident alerts – enhancing public safety during critical events.
Aligning with City Policy & National Smart City Strategy
ESSNext Smart City infrastructure solutions are designed to align with government and municipal initiatives – underground cabling projects, road safety programs, disaster preparedness and the national Smart City roadmap.
- Use power grid upgrades / underground cabling as a trigger for smart lighting
- Use street poles and LoRaWAN as the backbone for flood and tidal surge alerts
- Combine lighting, signage and risk maps to improve road safety
Examples for Industrial & Coastal Provinces
• High-density urban/industrial provinces – deploy Smart Street Light along key corridors to increase safety and reduce energy bills.
• Coastal provinces with chronic flooding – combine level and salinity sensors with lighting and LED signage for automatic risk alerts.
• Industrial zones and warehouses – use Private LoRaWAN for factory environment monitoring, traffic flows and worker safety applications.
Start your Smart City infrastructure journey – from the very first pole.
ESSNext can help you design Smart City architecture that starts from existing assets and scales in a sustainable way – technically, financially and in line with your province’s context.
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