An autonomous monitoring solution for securing the EU’s external border

Project Radio2S is being developed as a deployable full-scale border monitoring system for the early detection and prevention of illegal activities over the EU’s external border (air, sea, land, or river) where smugglers and traffickers use the latest radio transmission technologies for illegal transporting

Enhanced device identification and localization

Installed receivers can detect vast ranges of radio frequencies and provide localization of most radio emitting devices

AI-enhanced radar capabilities

Embedded artificial intelligence technologies increase localization capabilities and improve RF signal analysis

Advanced evidence collection

An automated toolset for the collection of evidence and report delivery in accordance with the law for legal proceedings

A complete external border surveillance system

This fully functional system will be able to identify and differentiate between natural activities and those of illegal trafficking by scanning a wide range of radio frequencies

Contraband smugglers and human traffickers that use radio signal transmitting devices and attempt to get close to the EU’s external ASLR* border will set off the system’s alarm which will visualize the location of illegal activities to end users

Scope and technical goals

Radio2S project will demonstrate an innovative technology deployment in timely and cost-efficient manner on external border between EU, Russia and Belorussia and then beyond. Project will research and develop advanced technologies for sensing, detecting, and localizing of radio frequency emitting devices used for smuggling activities at the EU green borders therefore creating new scientific understanding.
Motivation and emphasis will be on technological solution within legal framework in terms of human rights regarding data privacy and free movement.

Project will create

  • Fixed Location-Kit for permanent monitoring;

  • Transportable-Kit;

  • Dispatched unit for portable use by border guards for more precise RF signal geolocation detection.

  • An autonomous emitter detection and localization over multiple RF ranges capability

  • Improved RF signal analyzation capabilities in an embeddable AI system

  • Self-contained, scalable components from modularized multi-domain sensor applications

  • Alarm visualization over a C2 system to end users with a systems integration framework

  • An automated and streamlined collection of evidence and report deliveries toolset

Industry-led
from day one

Radio2S was developed out of a need expressed by the industry. Over the course of a year, it has been developed as a joint effort by LMT, the State Border Guard, and the Electronic Communications Office of Latvia – the local frequency regulators

Project lead

November 2018

Latvian Border Guards expressed interest in radio monitoring solutions to help catch smugglers

December 2018

A theoretical solution is presented by the Electronic Communications Office of Latvia. The need for a practical trial is agreed upon

March 2019

The first, one-day field trial is held with manually operated radio monitoring equipment. Opportunities for improvement are identified

July 2019

A second, two-week-long field trial is held. Equipment is mounted on LMT towers. Trial success leads to the decision to apply for Horizon 2020 support

Our partners

Join us in Horizon2020, SU-BES02-2018-2019-2020: Technologies to enhance border and external security

  • Law Enforcement Agencies

    7 partners— border guards from 6 European countries and Electronic Communication Office of Latvia

  • Industry

    4 partners – Mobile Network Operator, Radio frequency receiver manufacturers, ICT company

  • SME

    4 partners - Software component providers and law experts and radio frequency receiver manufacturers

  • Research institutions

    4 partners - Spectrum monitoring software, sensor data analysis, data fusion and law experts

  • Academia

    2 partners - Emitter localization and law scientists and experts

  • fi

    VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

  • ee

    Tallinn University of Technology

  • lv

    Latvijas Mobilais Telefons
    Smart IoT Riga
    Electronic Communication Office of Latvia
    Latvian Border Guards

  • lt

    Lithuanian Border Guards

  • pl

    iTTi

  • de

    Narda

  • at

    Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH

  • lu

    Infrasoft

  • fr

    CEA
    Syrlinks

  • md

    Moldova Border authority

  • ro

    General Inspectorate of the Romanian Border Police

  • ba

    Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • es

    Gradiant

  • it

    Zanasi and Partners
    CNIT

  • el

    KEMEA
    Hellenic Police

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Contacts

This project is a part of Public Safety branch at LMT R&D platform.

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