Genetlab Technology - Wireless Sensor Networks, Surveillance Systems, and Fence and Pipeline Security

In today’s geopolitical climate, ensuring the protection of secure facilities or key locations against resourceful and determined intruders is of paramount importance to the defence and industries. Genetlab is a R&D company that develops next generation wireless sensor and actuator networks for defence industry and homeland security applications. Its wide range of intruder detection systems can be deployed at critical locations, both on land and underwater, to enable the quick, accurate and secure localisation of a threat.

TEDAS – NETWORK INTRUDER DETECTION SYSTEM

TEDAS is a next generation sensor network system designed for intrusion detection along the perimeter of important facilities. TEDAS can be installed on various kinds of fence, and provides a robust, practical, reliable and cost effective intruder detection system.

In TEDAS, a SenseNode equipped with a vibration sensor is mounted every 20m along a perimeter fence. SenseNode is a wireless sensor node developed by Genetlab which is resilient enough to operate in even the most unforgiving of weather conditions. It can detect a variety of intrusion methods such as attempted forced entry through cutting or damaging a fence, or attempted circumnavigation of a fence by climbing over or under it.

Upon detecting a threat, a signal is transmitted through a wireless network to the system’s SenMot command and control software. SenMot then analyses the signal and localizes the threat to within a 5m accuracy before sending an alarm to a computer or mobile phone.

BODAS – PIPELINE SECURITY SENSOR NETWORK SYSTEM

BODAS is used to detect and localise threats against the safety and security of pipelines through use of line-nodes deployed every 100m along the pipe. These line-nodes constitute a wireless network along the pipeline and pre-process signals from geophones buried between 0.3m and 1m below the ground.

Upon threat detection, the line-nodes transmit alarm data through RF to a central node via multiple wireless hops. The central node then transfers the signal through satellite or fibre optic lines to a pipeline monitoring centre for ultimate receipt by BODAS processors. BODAS can subsequently localise an intrusion to within 20m of accuracy, and identify a pedestrian within a 30m radius of the pipeline, a person who is digging within a 45m radius, and a truck moving within a 60m vicinity of the pipeline.

As well as raising a standard alarm, BODAS can also take photos of the intrusion by the camera modules mounted on the line-nodes.

TADAS – TACTICAL SENSOR NETWORK SYSTEM

TADAS is a low-cost next generation sensing system developed for border and area security. It can detect and classify vehicles and pedestrians in the vicinity. A TADAS network that can monitor an area as large as 4,000m² can be deployed in less than 20 minutes by two men, and is impervious to rough terrain, light and harsh weather conditions.

TADAS can directly interact with other weapon and sensing systems when the data formats and protocols for the external system are provided. Sensor nodes are also tamper resilient.

SADAS – FIXED AND MOBILE UNDERWATER SENSOR NETWORK

S-SADAS is able to maintain a permanent surveillance in shallow waters (less than 200m deep) such as ports, port approaches, pipeline terminal stations, coastal nuclear power plants and oil rigs. F-WUSN is composed of fixed sensor nodes attached to an anchor placed at the bottom of the ocean. The nodes can elevate their sensors up to the required depth. Nodes can also communicate untethered as an ad hoc network. Tethered communications between nodes (e.g., selected data collecting nodes or cluster heads) and the shore are also possible.

Since S-SADAS is often deployed over long periods of time bigger batteries can be deployed, which increases the lifetime of the nodes and reduces the frequency of maintenance tasks. In S-SADAS the nodes are self organized into an ad hoc network, and pass their sensed data to a data collecting node.

G-SADAS is the mobile version of S-SADAS. It consolidates the surveillance of a selected region, and is generally intended for the temporary protection of a maritime area during high-risk periods. G-SADAS nodes float on a buoy, and can lower their micro-sensor cluster to operational depth. The nodes can be randomly deployed from boats or air vehicles, as well as autonomous and unmanned surface vessels.