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different management services manage infrastructures exclusive to their area of responsibility.
Despite not being an efficient solution in terms of infrastructure use due to the duplications that
this entails, it has been especially valid for certain critical services such as public lighting, traffic
management or citizen security.

In general, and not exhaustively, the infrastructure available for the deployment of IoT devices is
described below:

• Municipal Network of Public Lighting is composed of control panels, streetlights with their
supports and the corresponding pipes.

• The Municipal Network of the Mobility Service is composed of cabinets for traffic regulators,
supports, and the corresponding ducts.

• Municipal Corporate Telecommunications Network (if any) for the interconnection of municipal
buildings or facilities.

• Municipal buildings, including roofs and facades.
• Urban furniture (canopies, totems, etc.) that can be used as accommodation or support for
different IoT equipment. At this point, a distinction can be made between municipally owned
furniture and furniture with advertising support under the regime of exploitation by third parties,
in which case it could be subject to certain technical and/or exploitation limitations.

• Other elements of a public or private nature capable of hosting IoT devices.

However, for the deployment of IoT devices, it is necessary that the entire available infrastructure
can be used independently of the management service. This is particularly important in order to
achieve substantial savings in installation. For example, the installation of a sound level meter in
a given location entails an associated cost of installation, power and connectivity that can be very
variable depending on the civil works necessary to install power and connect this equipment to
the network.

In this sense, Figure 17 describes a high-level grouping of the different elements to be considered
in the installation of IoT devices in municipal public space, grouping municipal assets by category
and not by the responsibility of the management department. The control centres or control panels
are cabinets distributed throughout the city that house the necessary equipment for the realisation
of different functions such as the control of groups of traffic lights and the control of the lighting
of an area.

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