DocumentCode :
2587153
Title :
Surveillance of the 200 nautical mile EEZ using HFSWR in association with a spaced-based AIS interceptor
Author :
Ponsford, A. M Tony ; Souza, Ian A D ; Kirubarajan, T.
Author_Institution :
Raytheon Canada Ltd., Waterloo, ON, Canada
fYear :
2009
fDate :
11-12 May 2009
Firstpage :
87
Lastpage :
92
Abstract :
To protect maritime sovereignty, security forces require real-time information concerning the location, identification and activity of ships operating within their 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Today, monitoring of surface activity within the EEZ is limited and largely dependent on co-operative vessels voluntarily communicating their intentions to local shore-side authorities as well as on those vessel sightings reported by patrollers. Recent advances in technology provide maritime nations with options to provide more systematic surveillance of both cooperative and noncooperative targets. This paper presents a network-centric approach to maintaining a dynamic picture of surface activity within the EEZ. The system is characterised by the use of land-based high frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR) to provide persistent surveillance of all ocean-going vessels. However, translating this track information into actionable data requires that as many of the tracks as possible are tagged with their corresponding vessel identification. In this paper we introduce space-based interception of a vessel´s automated identification systems (AIS) broadcast to provide the identification and location of appropriately equipped vessels. In such a system those radar tracks not associated with an appropriate AIS (or, for that matter, AIS tracks where there is no supporting sensor data), can be highlighted for priority attention.
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; radar applications; ships; surface energy; automated identification systems; exclusive economic zone; high frequency surface wave radar; maritime nations; maritime sovereignty; nautical mile EEZ; network-centric approach; radar tracks; spaced-based AIS interceptor; surface activity; systematic surveillance; Frequency; Information security; Marine vehicles; Monitoring; Protection; Radar tracking; Sea surface; Surface waves; Surveillance; Target tracking;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Technologies for Homeland Security, 2009. HST '09. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4178-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/THS.2009.5168019
Filename :
5168019
Link To Document :
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