SMART Junction
Intelligent City Infrastructure
One Camera. One Junction. Complete Intelligence.
Smart Junctions from NOW Wireless transform traditional signal-controlled intersections into fully adaptive, data-rich assets. By deploying AI cameras directly onto traffic lights, we provide real-time awareness of vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists — feeding live intelligence straight into the traffic signal controller and city management platforms. No road cutting. No excavation. No disruption.
Intelligent Junction Control
AI-powered detection replaces ageing in-ground loops with a camera-based system that feeds directly into your existing signal controller. Adaptive, accurate, and installed in minutes — not weeks.
- Stop-line and approach detection
- Vehicle classification by type and size
- Pedestrian and cycle detection
- Adaptive signal input to existing UTC / MOVA
- Bus priority triggering
- Digital twin of the junction
Replace Old Loops with Smart City Components
Failed inductive loops mean expensive road closures and traffic delays. Smart Junctions let you replace individual loops — or create entirely new ones — from your desk, with no excavation required.
- Replace individual failed loops instantly
- Create new virtual loops locally or remotely
- Real-time turn counts at every arm
- Queue detection and measurement
- Predictive loops and advanced queue (AQ) loops
- DVLA integration for vehicle identification
Feature Modules
Each Smart Junction can be configured with any combination — activate what you need now, add more later
Count & Classify
- Vehicle & mode classification
- Real-time turn movements
- No road cutting required
- Direct feed to UTC / MOVA
- Policy-ready data output
Loop Replacement
- Replace failed loops instantly
- Create virtual loops remotely
- No excavation works
- Instant zone reconfiguration
- Add predictive detection
Pedestrian Detection
- Detect real crossing demand
- Extend green phase safely
- Pedestrian count per area
- Reduce vehicle delay
- Support active travel policy
Camera Viewing
- Live HD video streams
- Detection overlay view
- Remote validation
- PTZ option available
- Incident clip storage
Queue Detection
- Live queue length measurement
- Adaptive green control
- Congestion alerts
- Trigger diversion plans
- Air quality linked
ANPR & DVLA
- Vehicle identification
- DVLA class verification
- Support enforcement schemes
- Clean Air Zone integration
- Ghost plate detection
Active Travel
- Real-time pedestrian counts
- Cycle counts and tracking
- Monitor travel hubs
Desire Lines
- Track vehicle & cycle paths
- Identify pedestrian crossings
- Detect turning behaviour
Video
- Streams from all cameras
- PTZ cameras supported
- Incident storage option
- Turn analysis streams
- ANPR & ghost plate overlays
How It Works
From installation to intelligence in four steps
Mount
AI cameras clip directly onto the traffic signal head — no road cuts, no trenching, no lane closures.
Detect
On-board AI classifies vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists in real time at every approach and stop line.
Connect
Detection data feeds directly into the signal controller (UTC / MOVA) and up to the city platform via 5G.
Optimise
Live intelligence drives adaptive signal timing, queue management, green waves and evidence-based policy.
Smart Junction Clusters
Connect multiple junctions into intelligent corridors with shared real-time data
From Single Junctions to Smart Corridors
When Smart Junctions share data across a corridor, you move beyond isolated intersections into coordinated traffic management. Real-time data flows between junctions to enable green waves, journey time monitoring, and origin-destination analytics.
- Real-time data sharing within cluster
- Corridor journey time monitoring
- Origin-destination insights
- Journey time and corridor analytics
- Active travel monitoring across the corridor
- Enable green waves across connected signals
- Corridor-level optimisation
Future-Proof Connectivity
Smart Junctions connect via high-speed 5G, delivering low-latency data from junction to cloud and back. The network is designed to scale across an entire city and support the future requirements of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.
- High-speed 5G connectivity
- Low latency response for real-time control
- Cloud integration for city-wide platforms
- Scalable city-wide network
- Future CAV support
Smart Junctions vs. Traditional Loops
A side-by-side comparison of legacy detection and Smart Junction AI camera detection
| Capability | Traditional Loops | Smart Junction |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle detection | Basic presence only | ✓ Classified by type & size |
| Pedestrian detection | Push-button only | ✓ Real demand detection & counting |
| Cycle detection | Unreliable / none | ✓ Dedicated zones & phase trigger |
| Turn counts | Requires separate survey | ✓ Real-time, every arm |
| Queue measurement | Not available | ✓ Live queue length & alerts |
| ANPR | Separate system required | ✓ Integrated with DVLA lookup |
| Journey time | Separate system required | ✓ Corridor-level monitoring |
| Video | Separate CCTV system | ✓ HD streams, PTZ, incident storage |
| Installation | Road closure, excavation | ✓ Clip-on, no road cuts |
| Remote reconfiguration | Not possible | ✓ Instant from desktop |
| Active travel data | Manual surveys | ✓ Continuous ped & cycle counts |
| Corridor clustering | Not available | ✓ Real-time data sharing & green waves |
Make every junction count
Whether you're replacing failed loops, improving pedestrian safety, or building a city-wide intelligent traffic network — Smart Junctions give you the data and control to make it happen.
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