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Anti-intruder port protection “MAC (Magnetic ACoustic) System”: advances in the magnetic component performance
Author(s)
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Conference paper
Language
English
Obiettivo Specifico
1.6. Osservazioni di geomagnetismo
2.5. Laboratorio per lo sviluppo di sistemi di rilevamento sottomarini
3.4. Geomagnetismo
Editor(s)
Status
Published
Issued date
August 25, 2008
Conference Location
Technical University of Denmark, August 25-28, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008
Sponsors
Naval Team Denmark, Denmark
NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC), Italy
RESON A/S, Denmark
Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
UltraTech Holding, Denmark
Terma A/S, Denmark
OES Japan Chapter, Japan
Office of Naval Research Global
Homeland Security
NATO Undersea Research Centre (NURC), Italy
RESON A/S, Denmark
Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
UltraTech Holding, Denmark
Terma A/S, Denmark
OES Japan Chapter, Japan
Office of Naval Research Global
Homeland Security
Subjects
Abstract
In the following, we report the advances made in the development of a magnetic
component for peripheral monitoring of port environments for anti-intruder
systems. The project was initiated by the Office of Research and Development,
COMFORDRAG, Italian Navy, in 2004, with the aim of improving the detection
performance of current acoustic-based anti-intruder systems, in the vicinity of
quays or the seabed or in acoustic-shadow zones behind natural or artificial objects.
In the five-year period from 2004 to 2008, the system has been subjected to
detection-performance tests in experiments involving divers equipped with air tanks
and rebreather kits in real port environments and, at the same time, the associated
signal processing has been subjected to development, to enhance detection
performance. In tests involving simulated diver attacks against a vessel moored
alongside a quay in the port of La Spezia, the system has been proved particularly
effective by detecting 9 divers out of 9. The processing of the magnetic signal has
been enhanced by implementing an amplitude threshold, as a means of filtering the passive energy components, termed Passive Energy Cutting (PEC), that is, the
elimination of components that comprise no useful information regarding diver
transits. The use of PEC boosts the reliability of the system in terms of detection
versus false alarm rate, as evidenced by the comparison of the ROC curves for the
system with and without PEC.
component for peripheral monitoring of port environments for anti-intruder
systems. The project was initiated by the Office of Research and Development,
COMFORDRAG, Italian Navy, in 2004, with the aim of improving the detection
performance of current acoustic-based anti-intruder systems, in the vicinity of
quays or the seabed or in acoustic-shadow zones behind natural or artificial objects.
In the five-year period from 2004 to 2008, the system has been subjected to
detection-performance tests in experiments involving divers equipped with air tanks
and rebreather kits in real port environments and, at the same time, the associated
signal processing has been subjected to development, to enhance detection
performance. In tests involving simulated diver attacks against a vessel moored
alongside a quay in the port of La Spezia, the system has been proved particularly
effective by detecting 9 divers out of 9. The processing of the magnetic signal has
been enhanced by implementing an amplitude threshold, as a means of filtering the passive energy components, termed Passive Energy Cutting (PEC), that is, the
elimination of components that comprise no useful information regarding diver
transits. The use of PEC boosts the reliability of the system in terms of detection
versus false alarm rate, as evidenced by the comparison of the ROC curves for the
system with and without PEC.
References
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pp. 687-706, Roma 1991.
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Spezia 2005, I.N. classified.
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Magnetic Network, XX UDT Europe Conference, Naples 2007.
4. A. Gabellone, O. Faggioni, M. Soldani, P. Guerrini, CAIMAN (Coastal Anti
Intruder MAgnetometers Network), RTO-MP-SET-130 Symposium on NATO
Military Sensing, Orlando, Florida, USA, 12-14 March 2008, NATO classified.
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