Düsseldorf Airport, one of the most important German hubs in international air traffic, has teamed with Deutsche Telekom and its partner BS2 Sicherheitssysteme to develop an internet of things-based digital monitoring system for bridges, tunnels, building and other concrete infrastructure at the airport.
Deutsche Telekom said that sensors installed along the airport’s access roads to its tank farms, for example, will be able to identify damages to the roads before they result in traffic bottlenecks and monitor temperatures, humidity and corrosion to identify “critical conditions” or irreparable damages to concrete structures.
The data is exchanged over Deutsche Telekom’s NB-IoT network in near-real-time, the telco said.