Hyundai E&C is intensifying the implementation of its tunnel-specific smart safety system at construction sites, thereby enhancing its capacity to ensure worker safety.

Hyundai E&C announced on Thursday, the 18th, that it has developed the HITTS* smart safety system, the first in Korea to integrate underground tunnel wireless communication technology and safety solutions, and is now actively deploying it at major tunnel construction sites both domestically and internationally.

* HITTS: Hyundai Integrated & TVWS-based Tunnel Smart Safety System

HITTS is a system that enables Wi-Fi wireless communication throughout tunnels and underground areas by utilizing TV White Space (TVWS), a frequency band for TV broadcasting that is available for anyone to use. The wireless communication technology using TVWS has excellent propagation characteristics, allowing for communication in non-line-of-sight and deep underground sections.

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