RCTI Networks for Defence and Security Applications

1. RCTI Networks for Defence and Security Applications Lockheed Martin Ottawa, Jan. 29, 2008

2. Presentation Outline • Who we are. • Research Centre in Technology Innovation (RCTI). • Networks for Defence. • Wireless Sensor Networks. • Sensors, Circuits and Devices for Defence. • Networks and Swarms of Autonomous Vehicles (UAVs). • Network Intelligence and evolution • Simulation • Conclusion

3. Who is RCTI? • 31 Professors at all levels. • From 6 Departments and 3 Faculties. • Systems and Computer Eng., Electronics, Mechanical Eng., Computer Science, Information Technology and Business. • Advance research and scholarly activity in electrical and systems engineering, computing science, and the development and commercialization of new products • Link R&D carried out by Carleton faculty and graduate students with companies. • Be a valuable source of talent, knowledge, prototypes, and technology to innovative companies. • Member of Technopôle Security and Defense

4. Networks of things Networks that perceive, understand and take action for security applications. - Military Applications - Border Security     - Industrial control and security    - Power grid control and security    - Transportation systems    - Telephone, internet communication systems

5. Wireless Ad Hoc Network • Air drop wireless sensors over region. The system establishes its communication topology. Low power, low cost devices that are easily augmented and replaced.

6. Research For Wireless Networks • Facilitate the collection of sensor data from a collection of resource-constrained sensor systems, connected wirelessly. How should the sensors talk to each other? • Support new applications and the re-tasking of wireless nodes. • Support easy integration of new sensors. • Efficient distribution of the information from the sensors to various interested parties (first responders, airport authorities, etc.). • Combine/fuse data derived from different sites. • Wireless mesh testbed, consisting of 14 custom-build mesh routers and a range of client devices (PDAs, laptops, etc.).

7. Research Directions in Sensors and Vehicles (The Things) • Biosensors and authentication. • Autonomous vehicles (Land, Air and Sea). • Video sensors (Cameras)and video understanding. • Super resolution enhancement.

8. Bio-sensors • The heart rate and breathing monitor.

9. Iris Retina Fingerprint Face Voice • Biometrics from biosensors provide some promising solutions to the authentication problems. Cardio-based Finger vein

10. Military tactical mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) challenge security design. • As the front line of defence, authentication is the core requirements for integrity and confidentiality in networked centric warfare.

11. Research into Wireless Bio Sensors. • development and evaluation of biosensor wireless networking and management schemes that take into account wireless communication, power consumption and computational resource requirements, • development and evaluation of biometric-based user authentication and encryption for high security wireless communications,

12. Autonomous Vehicles Built from low cost robot kit. HandyBoard HC11 controller Bluetooth communication channel. Sonar sensor. Able to control over internet. On board navigation control.

13. Robotic Boat • developed by 4th-year students • The boat can be controlled over a wireless network • User with a PC and a web browser can control the boat from anywhere • The web server is placed on the on-board microcontroller, which has not be done before by others

14. Robotic Tracking • Activmedia PeopleBot Robot • 2 DOF camera • Optical flow-based target detection and verification • Target’s motion is estimated using a particle filter • Laser rangefinder • It is used to determine distance between robot and target

15. Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Development • UAS for geophysical surveys is being developed in the Mechanical and aerospace Engineering department (M&AE), with industry partner, an Ottawa company and with support from Systems and Computer Engineering (SCE) • UAS has a demanding mission • 8-hours endurance • Airspeed between 60 and 100 kts • Low altitude down to 30 ft above terrain; terrain following is required • Sensitive magnetometers are mounted on the wingtips • Magnetic signature of the air vehicle must be minimized

16. UAS Development: Status • Air Vehicle prototype is being built • Size: Wing span 16 ft, weight 200 lb, engine power 30 hp • Start of flight testing: spring of 2009 • Four research projects are underway, collaboration between M&AE and SCE: • Autonomous operation • Obstacle detection and avoidance • Magnetic signature control • Low-cost non-magnetic airframe

17. UAS Development: Experimentation • Two small aircraft, avionics test beds, are being used for testing • Autopilot system • Telemetry system • Communication system • Iridium satellite system selected and being tested • Altimeter system • A laser altimeter has been purchased for testing

18. Cooperative robots and intelligence • Robots have own control and navigation algorithms • Robots only know their position and others

19. Video Processing and Understanding Tracking of video objects

20. Intelligent Video Object Tracking Tracking, counting and timing of video objects.

21. Networks of Robots and Sensor Swarms

22. Vehicles Playing the Evader – Pursuit Game • Research Topics • Vehicles Learn Each Others Dynamics. • Vehicles Adapt Behaviour. • Coalition and Team Formation

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24. Swarm Intelligence and Personality Evolution • Game Theory, Coalition formation. • Evolutionary Game Theory. • Learning (fuzzy, adaptive, genetic). • Personality Traits.

25. Simulation • A rich simulation environment for network development, operator training and visual display.

26. Conclusions • The Research Centre in Technology innovation is a unique grouping of 31 faculty and 100’s of students. The goal is to work closely with industry to bring new innovative ideas to market. • The research is focused on networks of sensors and devices. • Applications in Security and Defense. • Expertise and research in sensors, wireless systems, autonomous vehicles and computer networks. • Research into network intelligence, swarm intelligence and adaptive and learning systems. • Networks that perceive, understand and take action.