Wireless network camera systems

1. A wireless camera system comprising:

a camera capable of transmitting video data and information, the camera being permanently mounted and powered with solar energy, the camera including a high-bandwidth radio and a low-bandwidth radio; and

a computer running a software application that analyzes and stores video data and information from the camera for a security or surveillance purpose, the computer receiving the video data from the camera via cellular communication, wherein the computer is located away from the camera, wherein the computer indicates that a channel is open to the camera via the low-bandwidth radio of the camera, and wherein the computer receives the video data over the open channel via the high-bandwidth radio of the camera;

wherein the camera also includes a burst transmission unit configured to transmit the video data over the open channel to the computer during burst periods, wherein the burst periods are based on at least one of a wireless link channel average bandwidth capacity, a fidelity of images transmitted, and a latency of establishing and terminating a wireless connection between the camera and a base station;

wherein an alert is transmitted to a user based on an indication of a trigger event in the video data or the information.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera is configured to be powered up or to obtain information in response to a trigger event caused by one of a sound detection, an infrared motion detection, an ultrasonic detection, a video processing based movement detection, a relay switch, a micro switch, and a radio signaling circuitry.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera is a network camera comprising:

an internal battery;

a networking module configured to communicate with a network;

an image capturing module configured to capture images; and

an image compression circuit configured to compress the captured images.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer is located at a remote client site or a base station.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the remote client site is a mobile phone or a smartphone.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein a base station is configured to perform operations comprising:

scanning one or more communication channels for channel availability between the base station and the camera;

obtaining an available channel for data transmission based on the scanning of channel availability; and associating the available channel with the camera.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the associating comprises:

reserving the available channel for a predetermined period of time; and assigning the reserved available channel to the camera.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein during the predetermined period of time, the available channel appears to other cameras as unavailable for wireless communication.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera includes an uncompressed image capture module configured to operate based on periods that are different from the burst periods.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera includes a compression module configured to operate based on periods that are different from the burst periods.

11. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an internal battery, wherein an output voltage of the internal battery is boosted or regulated by an active power management circuitry.

12. The system of claim 1 , further comprising;

an internal battery coupled to the camera and providing power to the camera; and

a solar panel coupled to the internal battery and configured to recharge the internal battery.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the burst periods are determined based on a trigger event.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera continuously captures and stores the video data and information of the immediately previous seconds, minutes or hours of the trigger event.

15. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the video data indicates motion; and

wherein the motion is the trigger event.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the alert is transmitted from the camera.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein video data and information stored on the camera is transmitted to a base station in response to the trigger event.

18. The system of claim 1 , wherein a video image capture rate is increased or decreased in response to the trigger event.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the video data is streamed at (i) a slower bit rate during periods of inactivity and (ii) a faster bit rate in response to the trigger event.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein each burst period includes a connection set-up event and does not include a discovery sequence.

21. A method for a wireless camera system comprising:

transmitting, by a camera, video data and information, the camera being permanently mounted and including a high-bandwidth radio and a low-bandwidth radio, wherein the video data is transmitted during burst periods, wherein the burst periods are based on at least one of a wireless link channel average bandwidth capacity, a fidelity of images transmitted, and a latency of establishing and terminating a wireless connection between the camera and a base station;

running, by a computer, a software application that analyzes and stores video data and information from the camera for a security or surveillance purpose, the computer receiving the video data from the camera via cellular communication, wherein the computer indicates that a channel is open to the camera via the low-bandwidth radio of the camera, and wherein the computer receives the video data over the open channel via the high-bandwidth radio of the camera; and

transmitting, by the computer, an alert to a user based on an indication of a trigger event in the video data or the information; wherein the computer is located away from the camera.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein each burst period includes a connection set-up event and does not include a discovery sequence.