Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security, 4 Volume Set

RADAR AND LiDAR PERIMETER PROTECTION SENSORS

FRANK W. GRIFFIN

Sandia National Laboratories, NWS DoD Program Design & Implementation, Albuquerque, New Mexico

RICK HURLEY

Sandia National Laboratories, RF and Optics Microsystem Applications, Albuquerque, New Mexico

DAN KELLER

Sandia National Laboratories, Strategic Business Enterprise Services, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1 INTRODUCTION

With the goal of improving the adversary interdiction time line, ground-based radar and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technologies offer options for intrusion detection and situational awareness, beyond facility perimeters. However, failure to understand and address the variables that affect successful employment of these technologies can result in costly installation of an inappropriate technology for the given security application. Far too often, security system designers work backwards by allowing advertised performance or cost to determine technology selection rather than the objectives and requirements of the security application.

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) conducts evaluations of extended detection technologies for US government customers and their specific applications. On the basis of this experience, the authors assert that installation mistakes can be avoided using an approach that first assesses and defines the objectives of the application (what the application must detect, where, and for what reason), and then matches an appropriate technology to meet these objectives. This ...