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RF Analytics applications
Webinar - 30 June 2021
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Laurence Duquerroy - ESA ESA UNCLASSIFIED
WELCOME TO THE WEBINAR!
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AGENDA
• ESA introduction
• “RF Analytics Applications” Invitation to Tender
• Objectives
• Use cases
• Invited Speakers
• Antonio Rocha, EMSA
• Jonathan Galic, Unseenlabs
• How to apply: funding and tender information
• Open Questions & Answers session
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THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Purpose of ESA
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European states in space research and technology and their space applications.
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and applications
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support to help to generate successful
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Nil Angli - ESA ESA UNCLASSIFIED
→ RF Analytics Applications
With RF analytics, parameters such as power, frequency,
geolocation, and, in occasions, identity of the emitter are derived
from RF signals in order to predict behaviours, support decision
making, perform diagnosis, and/or understand phenomena.
While ground-based RF monitoring systems can provide high
levels of sensitivity and geolocation precision, the operative range
of the equipment is a limiting factor. Conversely, space-based RF
monitoring systems, while losing sensitivity and geolocation
accuracy due to the distance from the emitters, offer wide fields
of view, and global coverage with multiple revisits per day.
Satellite image of the Dadaab camp in Kenya taken in June 2015, when the
camp was home to more than 400,000 Somali refugees. © Digital Globe
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The wide spectrum coverage enabled by software defined radios
unlocks applications in multiple sectors. The RF Analytics applications
call anticipates proposals from sectors including (but not limited to):
• Maritime
• Air traffic
• Natural resources protection and management
• Spectrum Management
• Humanitarian/Disaster relief
• Law enforcement
ESA UNCLASSIFIED→ Maritime
In the maritime sector, RF Analytics can bring a new layer of
information by detecting and fusing diverse RF signals (e.g. maritime
radar, satellite communications, or VHF comms, i.e. radio or in the
future VHF Data Exchange) with current datasets (e.g. AIS, EO). The
addition of the new dataset may allowing for improved global maritime
situational awareness. Potential applications include:
• All-weather detection of non-cooperative vessels.
• Identification of vessels through characterisation of radar signature.
• Monitoring abnormal behaviours (e.g. transhipments).
• Monitoring sensitive areas (e.g. marine protection, smuggling
channels, border control).
ESA UNCLASSIFIED Zaatari Refugee Camp, Satellite Image ©Earth-i→ Aviation
Similar to AIS, ADS-B can monitor the position of global air
traffic. But also similar to AIS, ADS-B relies on aircraft
cooperation for it’s functioning. With RF analytics an extra
layer of security is added when tracking or monitoring
airplanes in the most remote locations of the Earth.
• Aircraft tracking in remote locations.
• Monitoring and/or analysis of abnormal behaviours
(hijacking, trafficking, accidents).
ESA UNCLASSIFIED Zaatari Refugee Camp, Satellite Image ©Earth-i→ Humanitarian / Disaster Relief
In modern societies, most of the population leaves a trail of
RF signatures. When analysed, this RF signals reveal
movements, patterns and trends that can be exploited by a
number of applications including but not limited to:
• Humanitarian efforts: RF analytics can (depending on
migration) allow to track movements of large groups of
people, and characterise their composition through the RF
signature.
• Pandemic control: Provision of mobility statistics to monitor
and forecast the spread of pandemics.
• Disaster emergency: Assessment of wireless
communication networks post disaster. Location of
emergency beacons.
ESA UNCLASSIFIED Zaatari Refugee Camp, Satellite©Image
Asahi Shimbun
©Earth-i→ Natural Resources
Natural resources are often located in remote locations, with difficult
access, and/or extreme weather; this poses significant challenges
for law enforcement agencies in charge of monitoring, and
protecting those resources. People involved in the extraction of
illegal resources – be it poaching, logging, or mining – often carry
VHF transmitters, terrestrial or satellite phones for their own safety
and for the efficiency of their operations. Those leave RF signature
that can be detected and geolocated from space.
• Protection of forest from logging.
• Protections of fauna from poaching.
• Protection of mineral resources from illegal extractions.
Destruction of ivory Zaatari
recovered from poachers
Refugee © Brent
Camp, Satellite Stirton,
Image Getty
©Earth-i
ESA UNCLASSIFIED→ Telecommunications
RF spectrum is a limited resource, with fierce competition over
its licensing. On the other it is a challenging resource to
monitor and one where it is difficult to enforce regulations. By
providing systemic worldwide mapping of the spectrum usage,
RF analytics can:
• Monitor and geolocate the source of intentional and
unintentional interferences to licensed wireless systems.
• Assist regulators on the spectrum license enforcement.
• Map spectrum usage over broad areas to deploy / optimise
systems.
Spectral
Zaatari waterfall
Refugee display ©Image
Camp, Satellite Barnes R.I. et
©Earth-i
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al.→ SUMMARY
Call for Tenders objectives: Assessment of commercially sustainable downstream
applications that make use of space-based RF analytics.
Funding: Activities will be 100% funded up to €200K per feasibility study
Main Tasks:
• Engagement with user and stakeholder communities,
• Technical feasibility assessment and business viability assessment,
inc. PoC
• Roadmap for future development and preparation of a Demo projects
Timeline: Tender open from 1st July 2021 to 15th October 2021.
Involvement of stakeholders:
• to refine use cases and user requirements
• to provide guidance to industrial teams, assess studies outcomes, etc.
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User & Stakeholder driven initiative
• to focus on relevant solutions for user & stakeholders
communities, addressing their vision, needs, requirements,
constraints, etc.,
• in the aim to investigate future sustainable services
• Bidders shall engage with and involve in the study
relevant representatives of the target user/stakeholders
communities.
• Letter(s) of interest/intent from this
(these)user(s)/stakeholders to be provided with the
proposal
ESA UNCLASSIFIED→ TOWARDS AN OPERATIONAL SERVICE
User Feasibility Demonstration Operational
Demand Study project Service
Call for Call for proposals AO
Tenders 10494: up to 3M+
Space for RF Euros
up to 50% funded for non-
Analytic SMEs,
Applications up to 80% funded for SMEs
ESA UNCLASSIFIEDAntónio Rocha - EMSA ESA UNCLASSIFIED
EMSA: Use cases for Radio Frequency Webinar: Radio Frequency Analytics Applications António Rocha Maritime Surveillance Videoconference / 30 June 2021
EMSA overview
EMSA provides technical and
operational support to:
▪ 27 EU Member States
▪ 2 EFTA countries
▪ European Commission
Staff: ~ 270 people, 24 nationalities
Annual Budget 2021: 81.2 M€
Headquarters: Lisbon, Portugal
2Earth Observation services
Value-added products
Value added products Fusion products
▪ Vessel detection ● Correlation with vessel reporting
information
▪ Feature detection
▪ Activity detection
● Oil spill notifications
▪ Oil spill detection
▪ Wind and wave
3Maritime Surveillance services
▪ More than 3300 users of Vessel Oil pollution Search and Law
monitoring detection rescue enforcement
information systems
▪ EU+ EFTA Member States
Anti-piracy Fisheries Customs Maritime
▪ Institutions and bodies control security
Vessel locating Accidents and Traffic routes Safety of
incidents and trends navigation
4Radio Frequency
▪ Detection of non-
cooperative targets
Vessel Oil pollution Search and Law
monitoring detection rescue enforcement
▪ Ship profiling
Anti-piracy Fisheries Customs Maritime
control security
▪ Automatic Behaviour
monitoring
Vessel locating Accidents and Traffic routes Safety of
incidents and trends navigation
5EMSA Use Cases
Structure
▪ Tittle
▪ User community
▪ Description
▪ (potential) RF contribution
Use Cases (16)
▪ High level use cases (5)
▪ Use cases applicable to wide user communities
▪ Generic use cases
▪ Specific use cases (9)
▪ Already identified with some user communities
▪ Data source and data fusion (2)
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▪ Enhance EMSA datasetsUse Case RF_001: Support to Search and Rescue
User community: Maritime Safety
In Search and Rescue operations timely detection of the location of the
accident, or location of the persons in distress, is fundamental.
▪ Difficult to deploy assets in remote areas
▪ Limitations on covering wide areas with
EO
Role of RF
▪ Detect location of communications from crews in distress
▪ Detection of emergency beacoms/transponders
7Use Case RF_011: Detection of at-sea-encounters
User community: Law Enforcement; Fisheries Control; Customs;
Maritime Environment Pollution Monitoring
At-sea encounters may occur in several situations such as:
▪ Transshipment of illegal goods;
▪ Illegal transshipment of fish under IUU activities;
▪ Illegal transshipment of fuel and oil that may lead to maritime pollution.
Role of RF Rendez-vous
at sea
▪ Detection of ship-to-ship communications
▪ Detection of maritime radars
WV3 © 2015 European Space Imaging/DigitalGlobe, a MAXAR company
8Use case RF_016: Detection of
suspicious behaviours
User community: All User commuinities
▪ Automated Behaviour Monitoring (ABM) tool is a rule-based system
analysing vessel positions for the detection and alerting of abnormal
and/or user specific vessel behaviours.
Role of RF
▪ Additional source of data
▪ AIS spoofing
9Jonathan Galic - Unseenlabs ESA UNCLASSIFIED
U N S E E N L A B S
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Radio Frequency Analytics Applications
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E u r o p e a n l e a d e r i n S a t e l l i t e B o r n e R F E L I N T/ S I G I N TUNSEENLABS
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European leader in Satellite Borne RF ELINT/SIGINT
Created in 2015 by 3 brothers – 27 M€ raised to date – 30 collaborators
We are part of ESA BIC Nord France since 2019
We operate a unique and proprietary mono-satellite technology to locate (unmatched accuracy)
and track (unique signatures) a broad range of RF emitters
Operational Maritime Surveillance Service since 2019 – 3 satellites in orbit – 25 satellites in 2023
We deliver situation awareness data as a service to worldwide customersBROs satellites Missions
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Funding and Tender Information
ESA UNCLASSIFIEDESA TENDER INFORMATION
Funded participation to ESA Space Solutions is open to
any company and/or organisation, be it as group of
users, public body or non-governmental organisation,
residing in the following Member States:
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
ESA UNCLASSIFIEDHOW TO APPLY
1. Register (minimum ‘light registration’) by completing online questionnaire on ESA-STAR
Registration (esastar-emr.sso.esa.int)
2. Download the official tender documentation (Invitation to Tender), which will be available
as soon as the ITT is open via esa-star. ITT number is AO 10875
3. Create ‘Bidder Restricted Area’ in ESA-STAR
4. Write your Proposal using the template provided in the Tender documentation and obtain
Letter of Authorization from your National Delegation (business.esa.int/national-
delegations)
5. Submit your proposal via ‘Bidder Restricted Area’ in ESA-STAR Tendering
(esastar.sso.esa.int)
More info can be found here:
esa.int/About_Us/Business_with_ESA/How_to_do/esa-star_Registration_Process
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Laurence Duquerroy Laurence.Duquerroy@esa.int
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