Rail Sensor Testbed Program: Active Agents in Containers for Transport Chain Security

Abstract

The goal of this effort was to improve rail security over trade lanes, e.g., transport from Mexico to an inland port at Kansas City. This effort focused on transporter identification, sensing, real-time monitoring and tracking, safety and compliance, and integration of local, state, and federal information. We focused on transiting from the current centralized model to a distributed one. The distributed model is based on making transported objects (e.g., containers, pallets, and boxes) active agents in their own security. The effort leveraged the application of effective container sealing using advanced RFID technologies, sensing, application of new radio technologies, and information management. Evaluation prototypes were built and deployed and new distributed sensor algorithms were developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA538619

Entities

People

  • Dan Depardo
  • Ed Komp
  • Gary J. Minden
  • Jiang ;leon S. Searl
  • Joseph B. Evans
  • Jun Huan /ruoyi
  • Martin Kuehnhausen
  • Victor S. Frost

Organizations

  • University of Kansas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Communications
  • Data Links
  • Data Mining
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Energy Storage
  • Information Science
  • Machine Learning
  • Network Topology
  • Sensor Networks
  • Supervised Machine Learning
  • Warning Systems
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks
  • Wireless Sensor Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.