Intelligent route surveillance

Robin Schoemaker; Rody Sandbrink; Graeme van Voorthuijsen

doi:10.1117/12.818447

5 May 2009 Intelligent route surveillance

Robin Schoemaker, Rody Sandbrink, Graeme van Voorthuijsen

Proceedings Volume 7333, Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications XI; 73330H (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818447
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Intelligence on abnormal and suspicious behaviour along roads in operational domains is extremely valuable for countering the IED (Improvised Explosive Device) threat. Local sensor networks at strategic spots can gather data for continuous monitoring of daily vehicle activity. Unattended intelligent ground sensor networks use simple sensing nodes, e.g. seismic, magnetic, radar, or acoustic, or combinations of these in one housing. The nodes deliver rudimentary data at any time to be processed with software that filters out the required information. At TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) research has started on how to equip a sensor network with data analysis software to determine whether behaviour is suspicious or not. Furthermore, the nodes should be expendable, if necessary, and be small in size such that they are hard to detect by adversaries. The network should be self-configuring and self-sustaining and should be reliable, efficient, and effective during operational tasks - especially route surveillance - as well as robust in time and space. If data from these networks are combined with data from other remote sensing devices (e.g. UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)/aerostats), an even more accurate assessment of the tactical situation is possible. This paper shall focus on the concepts of operation towards a working intelligent route surveillance (IRS) research demonstrator network for monitoring suspicious behaviour in IED sensitive domains.

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Robin Schoemaker, Rody Sandbrink, and Graeme van Voorthuijsen "Intelligent route surveillance", Proc. SPIE 7333, Unattended Ground, Sea, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications XI, 73330H (5 May 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818447

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