Automated System for Monitoring and Guarding the Coastal Border (ASMGCB)
The system is designed to automate the processes of:
- Downloading data from radar and visual devices, collecting, transmitting, processing, visualizing, storing and documenting information about the water surface and air situation in real time in order to provide means of monitoring and guarding the coastal boarder.
The system’s structure includes the following three levels:
- central information post (CIP);
- regional information post (RIP);
- primary information sources (PIS) – on-shore and on-ship radars and visual surveillance posts;
- system for communication between the levels – telecommunication system (TCS).
The system includes the following sub-systems:
- AIS (universal ship borne Automatic Identification System) – automated sub-system for identification of ships;
- RDF (Radio Direction Finding) subsystem.
Tactical parameters
The system features automatic real time collection, processing and visualization of information on the current situation.
THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE AND ITS INDIVIDUAL LEVELS IS OPEN, I.E. IT ALLOWS INTERACTION WITH OTHER SYSTEMS AND ELEMENTS.
The AIS sub-system offers the following functions:
- The Automatic Identification Systems acts as an independent component for locating ships in coastal waters. A ship’s position is determined by the built-in GNSS/GPS receiver of the AIS and is broadcast together with other data, e.g. the ship’s speed, course, heading and identity at regular intervals.
The RDF sub-system offers the following functions:
- The Radio Direction Finder (RDF) determines the bearing of a vessel using a VHF communication channel by phase measurement of the wave front at the site of the DF antenna. Together with the integration into the traffic display, the bearing line will cross the radar target and allow for easy vessel identification;
- Allows automatic calibration and calculation of coordinates within the CIP (RIP) based on data from a group of direction finders, and input into a database.
The technical equipment of the ASMGCB offers efficient processing of large data archives, and the number of CIP (RIP), PIS, the radar and optical devices can be determined for each particular case depending on the system’s range (shore length), the relief and other factors, thus ensuring maximum coverage of the surveyed and guarded zone.
REQUIREMENTS TO THE SCOPE AND ESSENCE OF WORKS ON THE PREPARATION OF SITES FOR INTRODUCTION OF THE SYSTEM
The introduction of the system requires making of “Technical Design for the Physical Construction of the System”.
