iWEDS-An Intelligent Explosive Detection and Terrorist Tracking System Using Wireless Sensor Network
Terrorism is one of the greatest threats to national security
nowadays. Military or police forces are not sufficient to prevent
these activities. In the year 2009 India faced one of the biggest
terrorist attacks in Mumbai. According to the report published by
Times of India, more than 600 people have been killed and
several hundreds of people ravaged in various terrorist attacks in
India in the last 6 years. The main problem behind this massacre
is the group which is acting behind this who already know the
ineffectiveness of our security systems. Even now we are
following traditional metal detection doors and hand held metal
detectors. No autonomous system is being used by any security
forces in India till now. The main problem with the traditional
systems is their bulkiness so that the intruder can easily bypass
the security mechanism by following an alternate path. Here we
are proposing a highly effective wireless sensor network
solution; intelligent Wireless Explosive Detection System
(iWEDS) to tackle this problem. The sensors are organized in
such a manner that it has been embedded with the road reflectors,
so that nobody even knows about the security system and no one
can bypass it. Other key advantages are: these systems are low
powered, fully automated and can support real-time tracking.
Though iWEDS can perform automated operation we are
proposing it only for assisting the police and military forces.
Keywords: Explosive detection, wireless explosive detection network, intrusion detection, gaseous explosive sensor, explosive particle detection, wireless sensor network
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