Abstract
The net-centric ISR/ISTAR networks are expected to play a crucial role in the success of critical tasks such as base perimeter protection, border patrol and so on. To accomplish these tasks in an effective and expedient manner, it is important that these networks have the embedded capabilities to discover, delegate, and gather relevant information in a timely and robust manner. In this paper, we present a system architecture and an implementation that combines a service based reasoning mechanism with a sensor middleware infrastructure so that tasks can be executed efficiently and effectively. A knowledge base, utilising the Semantic Web technologies, provides the foundation for reasoning mechanism that assists users to discover, identify and allocate resources that are made available through the middleware, in order to satisfy the needs of tasks. Once resources are allocated to any given task, they can be accessed, controlled, shared, and their data feeds consumed through the Fabric middleware. We use the semantic descriptions from the knowledge base to annotate the resources (types, capabilities, etc.) in the sensor middleware so that they can be retrieved for reasoning during the discovery and identification phases. The reasoner is implemented as a HTTP web service, with the following characteristics:
1. Computational intensive operations are off-loaded to dedicated nodes, preserving the resources in the ISR/ISTAR networks.
2. HTTP services are accessible through a standard set of APIs irrespective of the reasoner technology used.
3. Support for seamless integration of different reasoners into the system.
1. Computational intensive operations are off-loaded to dedicated nodes, preserving the resources in the ISR/ISTAR networks.
2. HTTP services are accessible through a standard set of APIs irrespective of the reasoner technology used.
3. Support for seamless integration of different reasoners into the system.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing (DSS 2011) |
Publisher | SPIE |
Volume | SPIE 8047 |
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Publication status | Published - May 2011 |
Event | 2011 Defense Security and Sensing - Orlando, United Kingdom Duration: 25 Apr 2011 → 29 Apr 2011 |
Conference
Conference | 2011 Defense Security and Sensing |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Orlando |
Period | 25/04/11 → 29/04/11 |