US cellular networks will become silent drone detectors.

American company Cohere Technologies has received a $28 million contract from the US Department of Defense's FutureG Office. The project involves transforming commercial 5G and 6G networks into an intelligent sensor system for detection. drones.

The ISAC (Integrated Sensing and Communications) system utilizes existing cellular infrastructure, remaining indistinguishable from regular traffic. The technology is based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and the innovative Pulsone technology, based on the Zak-OTFS signal.

The prototype will provide continuous aerial and ground surveillance. The system will be able to detect, classify, and track objects in real time, generating 3D target trajectories. Particular attention is paid to countering swarms. drones – a priority area for the American military.

Tom Rondeau of FutureG emphasized:

Cohere offered a clear plan of action that we could implement immediately.

The contract is a continuation of the National Science Foundation's VINES project.

Ray Dolan, CEO of Cohere, noted the strategic significance of the development:

This confirms our vision of creating dual-use infrastructure that serves national security and commercial markets.

In addition to military applications, the system will find application in smart city traffic management and public safety.

Comments

[Dmitry Mikhailovich Seregin]

Well, the white noise is decreasing. It's time for us to think in this direction, too.

[Perpetually]

Search "5G in Russia" in Yandex. And things aren't so good for the Americans either. China has shut down sales of rare earth elements, and all ambitions for implementation are slowly collapsing. I won't even mention 6G.

[Alexey Lantukh]

It's about time, it's about time, we're even late. Ukraine has been concerned about this for a long time, though only in sound so far.

[Sergey Kirakosyan]

Base stations have long been asking for the installation of additional equipment for detecting aerial and ground drones (cameras/microphones/lidars, etc.)

[Solomon_BY]

So they are carried out first. So that no one can see, hear, or speak.

[cpls22]

Quote: Solomon_BY

So they are carried out first. So that no one can see, hear, or speak.

Near the LBS, yes. But for control of rear areas, it's just what you need.

[Sergey Kirakosyan]

Air defense is also taken out first. Don't we need to build air defense systems?
In threatened areas, SS towers can be covered by Citadels.

[Boniface]

Filtering by fast-moving GPS marks (filtering by speed and altitude)

[Sergey Tkach]

Interesting topic. We need to implement something similar here...

[Lako]

You don't even need any fancy technology here. It's enough to install acoustic sensors tuned to a specific frequency range and high-resolution video cameras on cell towers. I probably wrote about this here a year ago.

[Peaceful SEO]

This technology is a hundred years old :) and everyone who is not too lazy uses it.

[Fangaro]

Quote: Peaceful SEO

This technology is a hundred years old :) and everyone who is not too lazy uses it.

But a well-known technology doesn't mean it can easily be turned into material gain. And coherent technologies have.

[-Paul-]

In addition to military applications, the system will find application in smart city traffic management and public safety.

Long live the Guardian Bird!

[nepunamemuk]

This technology won't work for us.
We don't even have internet 😪
They turned it off a year ago and it's still not there...

[Amin_vivec]

The idea of ​​using cell tower networks as detectors or as a distributed radar network has been discussed for a long time. It doesn't necessarily matter what network—2G, 3G, 4G, or 5G—they're just different wavelength ranges. The wider the range, the wider the range of detectable targets. The only question is how to configure and grant military access to civilian networks. This topic was discussed for a while, and then died down...

[acetophenone]

RoskomPozor may not approve. But we'd be happy to ban it.