Case Study: Mississippi DOT (MDOT) achieves reliable, full‑HD, cross‑platform traffic streaming with Wowza Video

MDOT Looks to Wowza's unparalleled server to upgrade video systems

The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) operates nearly 400 traffic cameras across the state and needed a cost-effective way to scale live video distribution to internal operations and the public. Their ITS communications and equipment rooms were strained by rapid growth, multicast was impractical and expensive (~$40,000 per installation) and bandwidth limits were preventing consistent full‑resolution feeds to a wide variety of devices.

MDOT implemented Wowza Media Server, a single-server unicast streaming solution that delivers full‑HD IP video to PCs, Macs, Linux systems and mobile devices (Android, iPhone/iPad, BlackBerry), deployable in under an hour. The switch simplified operations and training, reduced equipment and infrastructure costs, eliminated complex encoding/decoding workflows, and produced more reliable, higher‑quality video accessible to both the public and command centers.

MDOT

Timothy Bean

ITS Systems Specialist