Success story · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Completed 2019
32 cameras. A highway in between. A wireless solution.
At 7777 State Road in Philadelphia, a lot accommodating up to 300 commercial trucks and trailers needed camera coverage across I-95, while the recorder and internet connection remained in a container at the office. The project required IT networking expertise to connect and redistribute video traffic across the site. NSI Security designed the wireless network in partnership with a local installer.
NSI Security — equipment supplier: Equipment supply, IT network planning, point-to-multipoint wireless design and technical support, including ongoing wireless access-point monitoring and updates.
Local installation partner: On-site installation.
The challenge
The cameras were needed on the other side of the highway.
The client had been searching for a workable solution before connecting with NSI and our installation partner. The requirement was clear: connect cameras throughout the truck parking area to the network video recorder (NVR) and internet connection at the office container.
The obstacle was the site itself. I-95 separated the office side from the parking area, making a conventional network cable run impractical for this project. Trees also obstructed parts of the wireless line of sight—the clear path between radio locations. Together, the highway, site layout and tree cover made this a demanding network-design challenge. Conventional camera installation alone could not resolve these connectivity problems; the job required IT networking knowledge and careful wireless network planning.
Our approach
One access point, multiple receiving points, then distribution across the lot.
NSI designed a point-to-multipoint wireless network: one access point (AP) connected to multiple remote wireless units, with connectivity redistributed from those receiving points to additional locations across the parking lot. This gave the 32-camera project a planned route back to the office network.
The office-side wireless link reached the parking area through the space beneath the I-95 bridge. NSI’s layout had to account for trees blocking potential signal paths, the available lines of sight and the connections between each distribution point and its camera locations.
The site also includes a separate security office inside the parking lot. The main office container houses the NVR and internet connection, and camera video returns there over the wireless network for centralized recording.
NSI provided the network layout, infrastructure design and technical coordination. The local installation partner carried out the on-site installation, combining practical installation work with the IT networking expertise this site required.
Camera coverage
See parking activity and take a closer look.
The project included five pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras with 30× zoom, installed on selected light poles to monitor the truck parking area. Their video feeds return to the office through the wireless network.
Camera views cover parking rows and access lanes, while the PTZ cameras let operators adjust the view and inspect activity in greater detail. Bringing those feeds back to the office recorder gives staff recorded video to review when a vehicle-related incident or claim needs attention.
Current camera views ·
See the parking lot through the client’s cameras.
The client shared these fresh snapshots from the operating camera system on October 17, 2026. They show nighttime views of the parking rows and access lane, alongside the underpass and equipment views throughout this story.
License-plate recognition
More context when an incident or claim needs review.
License-plate recognition (LPR) was another key requirement. Alongside views of the parking area, the client wanted vehicle-identification information to help review arrivals, departures, suspected theft and disputed or potentially fraudulent claims.
Plate records, when successfully captured, can be reviewed alongside relevant video to help establish which vehicle was present and when. That information supports an investigation; it does not by itself determine responsibility or prove that a claim is fraudulent.
Explore our license-plate camera setup guide →The result
A connected camera system across a difficult site.
The completed wireless network links the parking-area cameras to the recorder at the office container. The system supports the 32-camera project, including five 30× PTZ cameras, without a conventional network cable run across I-95.
The client can review activity across the truck parking area from the central recording system. NSI continues to monitor the wireless connections and provide updates, with ongoing support confirmed as of October 2026.
Ongoing support
Completed in 2019. Still supported today.
The project was completed in 2019. As of October 2026, NSI continues to monitor the wireless access-point connections and provide updates.
Camera views from the parking area depend on the wireless path back to the office recorder. NSI’s ongoing monitoring helps identify connection issues and supports troubleshooting, giving the client technical support for the network long after installation.
Project equipment
Equipment used in this project.
- UNV NVR304-32E2 — Network video recorder.
- UNV HC121@TS8CR-Z — License-plate recognition (LPR) camera.
- UNV IPC675LFW-AX4DUPKC-VG — IP surveillance camera.
- UNV IPC6222ER-X30P-B — IP surveillance camera.
- UNV IPC6252SR-X33U — IP surveillance camera.
- UNV IPC3624SR-ADF28KM-WP — IP surveillance camera.
- UNV IPC3614SR3-ADF28KM-G — IP surveillance camera.