Sense, decide, act, communicate (SDAC): next generation of smart sensor systems

Nina Berry; Jesse Davis; Teresa H. Ko; Ron Kyker; Ron Pate; Doug Stark; Regan Stinnett; James Baker; Adam Cushner; Colin Van Dyke; Brian Kyckelhahn

doi:10.1117/12.542893

1 September 2004 Sense, decide, act, communicate (SDAC): next generation of smart sensor systems

Nina Berry, Jesse Davis, Teresa H. Ko, Ron Kyker, Ron Pate, Doug Stark, Regan Stinnett, James Baker, Adam Cushner, Colin Van Dyke, Brian Kyckelhahn

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Proceedings Volume 5417, Unattended/Unmanned Ground, Ocean, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications VI; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542893
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The recent war on terrorism and increased urban warfare has been a major catalysis for increased interest in the development of disposable unattended wireless ground sensors. While the application of these sensors to hostile domains has been generally governed by specific tasks, this research explores a unique paradigm capitalizing on the fundamental functionality related to sensor systems. This functionality includes a sensors ability to Sense - multi-modal sensing of environmental events, Decide - smart analysis of sensor data, Act - response to environmental events, and Communication - internal to system and external to humans (SDAC). The main concept behind SDAC sensor systems is to integrate the hardware, software, and networking to generate 'knowledge and not just data'. This research explores the usage of wireless SDAC units to collectively make up a sensor system capable of persistent, adaptive, and autonomous behavior. These systems are base on the evaluation of scenarios and existing systems covering various domains. This paper presents a promising view of sensor network characteristics, which will eventually yield smart (intelligent collectives) network arrays of SDAC sensing units generally applicable to multiple related domains. This paper will also discuss and evaluate the demonstration system developed to test the concepts related to SDAC systems.

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Nina Berry, Jesse Davis, Teresa H. Ko, Ron Kyker, Ron Pate, Doug Stark, Regan Stinnett, James Baker, Adam Cushner, Colin Van Dyke, and Brian Kyckelhahn "Sense, decide, act, communicate (SDAC): next generation of smart sensor systems", Proc. SPIE 5417, Unattended/Unmanned Ground, Ocean, and Air Sensor Technologies and Applications VI, (1 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.542893

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