BBN Technologies

BBN Technologies' Smart Security Web (SSecW) is an advanced software infrastructure that enables rapid development and deployment of large-scale, distributed, intelligent security networks. The SSecW infrastructure is based on the Portable Switch Framework (PSF) and BBN proprietary technologies, including:

• Smart Sensor Web
• Scalable P2P Information Discovery and Response (SPIDAR) Toolkit

Together, these toolkits support a scalable peer-to-peer (P2P) sensor architecture that provides generic information sharing and coordination services across disparate security and surveillance sensor nodes.

Smart Sensor Web Applications

Smart Security Web applications have been developed for a wide range of critical national and defense problems, including:

• Intrusion Detection and Access Control BBN has demonstrated Homeland Security systems based on Smart Security Web technology for intrusion detection, infrastructure and perimeter defense, border patrol and surveillance. BBN is currently developing secure access control systems for the Helena Regional Airport Authority and the Transportation Security Agency.
• Perimeter Security BBN has demonstrated Smart Security Web applications incorporating video surveillance cameras and near-infrared illuminators for perimeter security to the U.S. Marine Corps.

Sensor types that have been integrated within an SSecW application include:

• Motion detectors
• Infrared beam-break devices
• Contact-break entry sensors
• Video surveillance cameras
• Near-infrared illuminators
• Biometric identification devices, including smart cards and fingerprint readers

Flexible and Adaptable

Our standards-based approach provides easy extensibility for accommodating additional types of sensors, communication devices, and processors. The SPIDAR toolkit supports USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, TCP/IP, RS232 and X10 sensor interfaces. Sensor nodes may be configured for autonomous processing using the Cognitive Agent Architecture (Cougaar). Sensor nodes communicate and share information at a report level through XML messages. BBN's PSF protocols support deployment of ad hoc mobile sensor networks without additional gateways or access points.

Display Tools and Open Map™ User Interface

The SSecW's web-based P2P architecture facilitates direct user interaction with the sensor network via PDAs or other personal communication devices. User interfaces can be developed with the OpenMap™ suite of mapping applications and tools for building mission-critical, web-based geospatial decision support systems.