Dynamic networking and smart sensing enable next-generation landmines

Author

Merrill, W.M. ; Mclntire, D. ; Elson, J. ; Kaiser, William

Author_Institution

Sensoria Corp., Culver City, CA, USA

Volume

3

Issue

4

fYear

2004

Firstpage

84

Lastpage

90

Abstract

To address the hazards to civilians, recent landmine systems have incorporated command detonation by remote operator and self-destruct capabilities. To improve military performance and prevent civilian casualties, the US military is integrating wireless networking and autonomous sensing into next-generation landmines. These new systems increase target discernment, enhance battle-shaping capabilities, and facilitate disposal or self-destruction of next-generation minefields when they´re no longer needed.

Keywords

landmine detection; military communication; military computing; remote sensing; ubiquitous computing; wireless sensor networks; US military; autonomous sensing; battle-shaping capability; civilian casualty prevention; dynamic networking; military performance improvement; next-generation landmines; pervasive networking; self-destruction facility; smart sensing; target discernment; wireless networking; Application software; Embedded computing; Embedded software; Intelligent sensors; Landmine detection; Monitoring; Next generation networking; Radio frequency; Rockets; Vehicle dynamics; dynamic networking; landmines; smart sensin;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pervasive Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1268

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPRV.2004.4

Filename

1369167