WHY SORACOM
Secure private addressing at an optimal cost
Amidst those conditions, aroba used SORACOM’s services to keep costs down and achieve secure routing for its video footage, as well as enabling remote camera operation.
aroba hypothesized that users are not looking at footage around the clock, so there would in fact be large periods when data is not being used. With SORACOM Air, aroba used the RESTful API to toggle speed in real-time. The usual speed is set low; when a user accesses a video, it is toggled up to high bandwidth. This lets us keep our data costs down across the board.
Also, generally speaking, when connecting to a network camera over the Internet, a global IP address or Dynamic DNS service is used for the router in the camera. This adds to costs and introduces various security issues. With SORACOM Gate, there is no need for global IP addressing or Dynamic DNS, and you can still get online and remotely access and control the camera.
Services in use
• SORACOM Air: smart connectivity for IoT
• SORACOM Gate: private IoT LAN