A line in the sand: a wireless sensor network for target detection, classification, and tracking

Intrusion detection is a surveillance problem of practical import that is well suited to wireless sensor networks. In this paper, we study the application of sensor networks to the intrusion detection problem and the related problems of classifying and tracking targets. Our approach is based on a dense, distributed, wireless network of multi-modal resource-poor sensors combined into loosely coherent sensor arrays that perform in situ detection, estimation, compression, and exfiltration. We ground our study in the context of a security scenario called "A Line in the Sand" and accordingly define the target, system, environment, and fault models. Based on the performance requirements of the scenario and the sensing, communication, energy, and computation ability of the sensor network, we explore the design space of sensors, signal processing algorithms, communications, networking, and middleware services. We introduce the influence field, which can be estimated from a network of...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2004
• Where: CN
• Authors: Anish Arora, Prabal Dutta, Sandip Bapat, Vinod Kulathumani, Hongwei Zhang, Vinayak Naik, Vineet Mittal, Hui Cao, Murat Demirbas, Mohamed G. Gouda, Young-ri Choi, Ted Herman, Sandeep S. Kulkarni, Umamaheswaran Arumugam, Mikhail Nesterenko, Adnan Vora, Mark Miyashita
• Keywords: CN 2004, Intrusion Detection, Sensor, Sensor Network