Smart street lights are an important symbol of smart city construction.

At present, the intelligentization of street lamps has already been explored a lot. For example, smart street lights developed by electronics companies are quite mature. Smart street lights are first used as WiFi coverage points. Wireless network coverage throughout the city is almost the first choice for smart cities in most places. Smart street lights also integrate micro base station functions, but it is troublesome for operators to re-build base stations. In addition, network speeding requires that the distance between base stations be shortened and then shortened. The base station requirements of 4G and other network technologies are within 100 meters, which is just in line with the concept of tens of meters between street light poles. The most resource-saving thing is that the original need to dig roads, lay electrical wires, and erect poles, now that communication base stations can be erected directly from street lamp poles, the optical fiber can be pulled to one end of the road, greatly reducing construction costs. Network coverage is the first step, and multi-functional smart street lights will have endless potential.

The role of street lights in the city will change from a single lighting 'guard' to a smart 'city steward'. This coincides with the construction of smart cities. As an important part of a smart city, smart city management is a new model of city management supported by a new generation of information technologies such as the Internet of Things and cloud computing, and emphasizes the dominant position of people. New smart street lights have become a key infrastructure in the promotion of smart urban management.