TY - GEN
T1 - Protecting with sensor networks
T2 - MILCOM 2005: Military Communications Conference 2005
AU - Olariu, Stephan
AU - Nickerson, Jeffrey V.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Sensors, in one form or another, have always been a component in physical security systems. Usually such sensors are configured on a perimeter, or perhaps on concentric perimeters. The work was motivated by the realization of the fact that the probability of detecting an intruder is a Quality of Service (QoS) parameter. This implies an interesting trade-off between the amount of resources that a defender can muster and the QoS (in terms of probability of detection) that they get. We study this trade-off for a family of structures with an axial design reminiscent of a snowflake. We show that such a structure presents interesting qualities. The relations geometrically deduced in the paper provide a form of sensitivity analysis. The cumulative nature of the detection is discussed and, in addition, a possible implementation in sensor networks is explored.
AB - Sensors, in one form or another, have always been a component in physical security systems. Usually such sensors are configured on a perimeter, or perhaps on concentric perimeters. The work was motivated by the realization of the fact that the probability of detecting an intruder is a Quality of Service (QoS) parameter. This implies an interesting trade-off between the amount of resources that a defender can muster and the QoS (in terms of probability of detection) that they get. We study this trade-off for a family of structures with an axial design reminiscent of a snowflake. We show that such a structure presents interesting qualities. The relations geometrically deduced in the paper provide a form of sensitivity analysis. The cumulative nature of the detection is discussed and, in addition, a possible implementation in sensor networks is explored.
KW - Detection probability
KW - Physical intrusion
KW - Quality-of-service
KW - Wireless sensor networks
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U2 - 10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1605931
DO - 10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1605931
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33847352573
SN - 0780393937
SN - 9780780393936
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM
SP - 1780
EP - 1786
BT - MILCOM 2005
Y2 - 17 October 2005 through 20 October 2005
ER -