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A Study on Threats Detection and Tracking Systems for Military Applications using WSNs

by Tareq Alhmiedat, Anas Abu Taleb, Mohammad Bsoul
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 40 - Number 15
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: Tareq Alhmiedat, Anas Abu Taleb, Mohammad Bsoul
10.5120/5055-7347

Tareq Alhmiedat, Anas Abu Taleb, Mohammad Bsoul . A Study on Threats Detection and Tracking Systems for Military Applications using WSNs. International Journal of Computer Applications. 40, 15 ( February 2012), 12-18. DOI=10.5120/5055-7347

@article{ 10.5120/5055-7347,
author = { Tareq Alhmiedat, Anas Abu Taleb, Mohammad Bsoul },
title = { A Study on Threats Detection and Tracking Systems for Military Applications using WSNs },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { February 2012 },
volume = { 40 },
number = { 15 },
month = { February },
year = { 2012 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 12-18 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume40/number15/5055-7347/ },
doi = { 10.5120/5055-7347 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Mohammad Bsoul
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%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 40
%N 15
%P 12-18
%D 2012
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

In Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications it is critical to accurately determine the location of the distributed sensor nodes in order to report the data that is geographically meaningful. Since localization and tracking algorithms have been attracting research and development attention recently, a wide range of existing approaches regarding this topic have emerged. Tracking and localization algorithms have been proposed for different WSN applications including civilian, industrial and safety applications. A few research studies focused on tracking threads through military applications, such as detecting and tracking threads through border security area. Therefore this paper studies and investigates the existing WSN based tracking and localization algorithms and summarizes the potential requirements for localizing and tracking threads through military applications. The existing systems are categorized and discussed. A critical analysis is found in this paper, in order to guide the developer to design and implement a WSN-based tracking system for military applications.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Tracking Localization Acoustic Military applications