General

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MObile STation
Tonny Velin - ANSWARE ESA EUSC 2008
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Mobile Station - Context

• Increasing occurrence of natural disasters
  (tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,
  tornados, etc.), terrorist actions, incidents
  during public events,
• -gt This requires an ever increasing need for data
  and interventions by a multitude of stakeholders.
  
• But barriers to guarantee successful operations
• Large amount of data that needs to be processed,
• Lack access to information that is vital for
  intervention,
• Information is sometimes available but owned or
  processed by different entities/organizations,
• Information not easily available due to the lack
  or difficulties in network interoperability or
  data distribution or caused by the environment in
  which the operations need to be executed.

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Rationale Needs

• Based on this lack of data availability and
  interoperability, decisions need to be made that
  are based on incomplete datasets thus resulting
  in less efficient and sometimes partially to
  totally unsuccessful interventions.
• The need develop intelligent decision support
  systems that can be made operational in a minimal
  set up time and can be deployed anywhere under
  all possible circumstances and conditions and
  operated in a highly autonomous manner.

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The proposed solution

• A ground based MObile STation (MOST) capable of
  delivering data information services to decision
  makers and mobile users on the field (rescue
  teams, NGOs, civil protection, etc.).
• MOST will use telegeoprocessing technologies and
  standards to design an integrated, fully
  functional system based on
• remote sensing / earth observation
• Galileo / GPS
• technologies for sending data from sensors to GIS
  systems by means of multimedia telecommunications

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Communications needs

• Integrated emergency response communications
  system providing
• Large area coverage communications
• Fast response times
• Full-time availability
• High-degree of mobility
• reliability
• can not be met only by terrestrial
  infrastructure
• -gt need for satellite based wireless
  communications infrastructure and hybrid
  satellite terrestrial comms infrastrcture.

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SATCOM infrastructure
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Data flow
Governments
Civil assistance
COMMUNICATIONS NAVIGATION
Sensors Wire Unwire
Data archive / Catalogue
Cameras IP
Military force
DB
DB
Remote sensing
PDA
IP DEVICES
GIS image processing Analysis
Interpretation Data Fusion
Navigation
MAIL
Human events
MOBILES
DTV
WEB
COMMUNICATIONS
WLAN UWB WI-FI
GPRS UMTS
DxB T BWA
S-DMB
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Functionalities of the mobile station

• an autonomous data acquisition capability to
• receive and select existing satellite imagery
  data and flying platforms sensor data
• perform raw data pre-processing
• Receive data coming from devices (GPS provided
  capability)
• to allow image-data exploitation to update the
  operational scenario in real time
• a data-base integrating data coming from
  different sources (ELINT, SIGINT, MASINT, OSINT)
  and DTM , GIS, etc. to manage all information
  useful to analysts
• a full capability to exploit operational
  analysis (target photo-interpretation, creation
  of DTM, data fusion, image merging, database
  integration)
• real-time satellite acquisition orders, based on
  special urgent requests coming from decision
  making authorities on the site (using existing
  systems like HMA to access different catalogues
  through a single interface)

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Minimize observation / interpretation / decision
/ action loop (1)

• Run programs that control each receivable
  satellite programming dataset, to give
  authorities the time-frame of any possible
  automatic data acquisition and/or have an
  internet connection that enables programming and
  reception through a unified channel like Data
  Dissemination Service (DDS) from ESA in order to
  download data and have it retransmitted locally
  through standard satellite comms to minimize the
  telecommunication equipments required.
• Receive and/or save big amounts of data (existing
  archive and multi-temporal data) over a specific
  area of interest.

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Minimize observation / interpretation / decision
/ action loop (2)

• Take advantage of geographic data-base
  availability and possibly geographical on-line
  digital representation data.
• Offer the analysts, on a portable workstation,
  all possible exploitation and image processing
  tools with automatic or semi-automatic
  three-dimensional creation and/or image merging
  possibilities, from image data gathered from
  different sensors.

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Logical building blocks
Acquisition Planning
Database
Catalogue
Satellite data
Acquisition
Archive
Analysis
Decision Control Center
Product Generation
MOST
Users
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Main innovations (1/4)

• Integration of highly advanced military
  operations based network command and control
  solutions into the civil domain (dual use civil
  / military)
• Development of intelligent decision support
  systems that are based on a maximal variety of
  data sources coming from multiple data
  acquisition/processing sources (e.g. real-time
  satellite data, UAV data, DEM, vector layers,
  etc.).
• Integration of a multitude of decision support
  functions such as image analysis and exploitation
  tools, access to data catalogues containing e.g.
  geo-referenced objects, data acquisition planning
  and communications with Decision Control Centres,
  reception and storage of pass related
  information, acquisition screening, etc.

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Main innovations (2/4)

• Integration of the Heterogeneous Mission
  Accessibility (HMA) initiated by ESA aiming to
• involve all stakeholders in a harmonization and
  standardization process of their ground segment
  services and related interfaces
• design an service oriented architecture to make
  them available in a consistent manner to the EO
  data users
• Incorporation of a platform for development of
  web applications and services for mobile users,
  e.g. the open source MyMobileWeb platform
• Alignment to standards OGC / WMS, etc.

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Main innovations (3/4)

• OGC Open Location Services also known as the
  GeoMobility Server (GMS) is an open platform for
  location-based application services. defining
  five core service interfaces for GMS
•  Directory Service provides clients with access
  to a directory to find a specific place, product
  or service.
• Location Utility Service Geocode service given
  an address or postal code determines a geographic
  position, Reverse Geocode returns a place name
  given a geographic position.
• Gateway Service employed when a client wants to
  get his mobile location.
• Route Service determines a route between two
  points.
• Presentation service renders geographic
  information for display on a Mobile terminal.

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Main innovations (4/4)

• Telegeoprocessing is a technology that intersects
  GIS, remote sensing solutions , Navegation
  systems and Telecommunications. It supports
  problem solving and decision making by use of
  regularly updated R-T spatial databases.
• Telegeoprocessing addresses
• Integration of Internet and GIS (WebGIS)
• Integration of mobile computing and GIS (Mobile
  geoprocessing)
• Integration of GIS and other telecommunication
  techniques (TeleGIS)

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Project approach

• Development of an in-depth user requirements
  analysis
• Assessment of all enabling technologies and
  solutions that are appropriate for the envisaged
  ground-based mobile station
• Complete architectural and detailed design of the
  mobile station
• Implementation of a prototype of the mobile
  station based in parallel on the set up of
  agreements with data and communication providers,
  acquisition of COTS software and hardware parts,
  etc.
• Identification of a set of test cases (preferably
  with as close as possible real-life situation
  cases)
• Validation of mobile station prototype against
  agreed test cases
• Dissemination of project activities and results
  and management of future exploitation strategy
  and activities

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Expected results

• Prototype development of a complete, fully
  integrated mobile station that shall be
• highly transportable (train, boat, truck,
  aircraft, etc.)
• rapidly deployable using standard logistical
  equipments
• highly reliable (must be able to always function
  in all types of environment and conditions)
• self-sufficient (provide its own power during
  operations)
• With the following modules
• communications servicing comprising of e.g. UMTS,
  GSM,
• data dissemination servicing
• a processing servicing (e.g. PCs equipped with
  DVB receiving cards, etc.)
• Visualisation servicing to inform people,
  workers, etc.
• Power generation

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Response to strategic objectives in FP7 Security
Work Programme

• Main targeted objective Networked solution for
  intelligent decision support (SEC-2007-4.3-02)
• MOST also responds to the following other
  objectives
• Integrated mobile security kit topic
  (SEC-2007-1.2-02) due to its aim to integrate a
  large set of data processing sources and to allow
  intelligent decision processing to be done based
  on these data sets
• Integrated specialist search and rescue system
  topic (SEC-2007-4.2-02) to provide enhanced
  situation awareness, on-site monitoring of the
  environment, command and control related data
  processing, etc. which responds to the subjects
  retained under the system of a
• Cost-efficient organization of command and
  control of emergency crisis and rescue management
  covered in the network enabled command and
  control system topic (SEC-2007-4.2-01).

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Response to strategic objectives in FP7 Space
Work Programme

• SPA.2007.1.1.02 Developing pre-operational
  GMES pilot services in new applications fields
  in the area of information services for security
  related activities
• SPA.2007.1.1.01 Development of upgraded
  capabilities for existing GMES Fast Track
  Services and related (pre)operational services
  specific to the Emergency response area
• Telegeoprocessing is at the intersection of the 3
  pillars as defined by the EC for the Space
  Programme
• Navigation (GALILEO)
• Satellite communications (SatCom)
• GMES

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Partnership

• Promotors Answare (ES), CerosUnos (ES), SMEs
  Innov Support (BE), ARATOS (GR)
• Large company ENGINEERING (IT)
• Research centres Austrian Research Centers GmbH
  ARC Tech Gate (Austria), VTT (FI)
• Universities Thessaly, Brussels and Hof
• End users Prefecture of Dodecanese

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Past and next steps

• February 2007 presentation to the EC (Security
  day in Madrid)
• March 2007 visit the EC in Brussels
• April 2007 Contact ESA Telecom
• May 2007 presentation of MOST to FP7 Security
• June 2007 presentation to the conference
  Galileo Opportunities for the Spanish industry
• July 2007 United Nations - Sub-Working Group on
  Emergency Telecommunications (WGET) in Geneva
• 2008 pending visit to Galileo Office in Brussels

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Points of contact

• Contact person
• Tonny Velin
• Mobile [phone]
• E-mail tvelin_at_answare-tech.com
• Coordinates
• ANSWARE
• c/Tablas de Daimiel 2, portal 2, 1ºB
• 28925 Alcorcón (Madrid) - SPAIN
• Tel. [phone]
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