User's Manual

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Area monitoring (Area and perimeter) is typically thought in terms of Force Protection or
Fixed Asset protection missions. It is best accomplished by deploying layers of sensor rows
across the area to be monitored. Deploying a number of sensors allows for sensor
redundancy in a given area and gives a higher system Probability of Detection (P
d
), as well as
providing the necessary number of detections to form a valid track. The sensors are arranged
to make the suspected threat walk past at least 4 sensors regardless of the path taken through
the area.
Figure 4 below shows a typical sensor deployment pattern for perimeter area or choke point
monitoring.
Figure 4 Perimeter Monitoring
Road / Trail Surveillance is the other type of deployment scenario. Monitoring a suspected
area of activity, high resolution camera cueing and perishable intelligence gathering are the
typical missions for this type of deployment. Sensors need to be deployed in the manner best
suited to give the highest P
d
and provide information for the tracker. For Road and Trail
Surveillance, alternating sensors along each side provides the best results