Low-Size and Cost Acoustic Buoy for Autonomous Vessel Detection

Alexander Sedunov, Christopher Francis, Hady Salloum, Alexander Sutin, Nikolay Sedunov

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Abstract

Achieving maritime domain awareness through the deployment of many low-cost, low-power sensors to monitor large ocean areas has become an international trend [1], [2], an approach known as 'Ocean of Things' (OoT). The STAR Center at Stevens Institute of Technology is currently developing a sensor contained in a small, rapidly deployable 'smart' buoy for automated detection of vessels by their underwater acoustic signatures. Designed with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components and materials, multiple such buoys can work together to form a large, distributed sensor network, periodically communicating data to a command center for analysis. Marine-traffic monitoring is of particular interest in areas where small-boat traffic is a security concern, but many existing systems for detecting such vessels can be difficult to deploy. The buoy is based on in-house manufactured hydrophones. Processing is performed on an ARM Cortex-M7 microcontroller. Methods were developed based on numerous past data collections by the Stevens Institute of Technology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2022
ISBN (Electronic)9781665494045
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2022 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 14 Nov 202215 Nov 2022

Publication series

Name2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2022

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period14/11/2215/11/22

Keywords

  • acoustics
  • buoy
  • maritime surveillance
  • remote sensing
  • vessel tracking

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