Why 10G Layer-3 PoE Switches Matter for Modern Campus Surveillance

AI video analytics is moving from concept to everyday deployment. Cameras now stream higher resolution at higher frame rates, and analytics run closer to the edge, which pushes both bandwidth and power requirements up across the access layer.

Planning a campus surveillance network therefore starts with the uplink: a 10G Layer-3 PoE switch gives aggregation headroom while still powering cameras and access points at the edge.

• Plan PoE budgets across the whole switch, not per port.
• Use 10G uplinks to avoid aggregation bottlenecks.
• Segment camera traffic with VLANs and prioritize it with QoS.