SPEYES: Sensing and Patrolling Enablers Yielding Effective SASO

Popp et al

speyes c2 adhoc manet networks data fusion sensor network sensing simulation tactical scenario

@inproceedings{popp:aerospace-2005,
  title={{SPEYES}: Sensing and Patrolling Enablers Yielding Effective {SASO}},
  author={Popp, R. andLevchuk, G. and Serfaty, D. and Allen, D. and
          Meirina, C. and Feili Yu and Pattipati, K. and Lazaroff, M.},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the {IEEE} Aerospace Conference},
  month={March},
  year={2005},
}

SASO: Stability and Support Operations

Three operations of particular interest

• Fixed site security (checkpoint, guard tower, etc)
• Dismounted patrol
• Cordon and search

• All daily, manpower intensive tasks
• Typically decentralized small unit operations at battalion and below level

Three important enabling technologies

• Sensing: Low cost, easily installed, easily hidden
• SA/C2: Multi-echelon tools for distributed planning, resource management, mission rehearsal
• Shaping: Non-lethal weaponry, crowd control, EOD tasks

Three types of security

• Force protection: Our guys
• Population protection: Non-combatants
• Infrastructure protection: Critical sites and equipment

Goals: Better threat detection & prediction, increased situational awareness and intelligence (social and physical), improved decentralized operations

Paper constructs a simulation based on SASO scenarios at Tiefort City

• Outlines forces, resources, tasks, occurrences
  • Good numbers guidance for some of these
• Plays these through a simulator to measure operations w/out SPEYES, w/ SPEYES, and w/ SPEYES at half strength

Evaluation measures

• Timelines: Throughput (# tasks achieved), latency (time to complete tasks), response time
• Efficiency: # troops, assets damaged, casualties
• Effectiveness: Secured area vs patrol time, incident rates, failed tasks

Also constructs analytical evaluation