Intelligent Edge Surveillance & Defense Security

Overview

Intelligent Edge Surveillance and Defense Security is an AI surveillance and security platform built on private 5G. Multiple IoT sensors and cameras connect to an Intelligent Edge device. It runs AI inference locally and sends events over a private 5G network, provided by the NovaThinkTech Intelli5G Box, to a Notification Orchestrator and a Defence Command Centre. It is designed to run fully independently of the public Internet.

The problem

Border areas, restricted zones and critical infrastructure need continuous monitoring and instant response. Public networks and Wi-Fi are often unavailable, unreliable or insecure in these places, and sending every video stream to a distant cloud is slow.

How it works

1. 01

   Sensors

   PTZ and thermal cameras, plus seismic, fence-intrusion, acoustic, radar, UAV (drone) detection, gas / CBRN, environmental and other IoT sensors.

2. 02

   Intelligent Edge

   A Qualcomm-based Arduino (Arduino Q) with a 5G HAT interfaces with the sensors, runs local AI inference, detects intrusions and threats at the edge, and connects to the 5G network as a device.

3. 03

   Immediate local alert

   For critical threats, the Intelligent Edge alerts the nearby post, security guard or a pre-defined group straight away by SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, email or a local siren.

4. 04

   NovaThinkTech Intelli5G Box

   A complete private 5G RAN and core. It receives data from the edge, then stores and forwards it.

5. 05

   Notification Orchestrator

   The alert management and decision engine runs AI/ML threat analytics and a rule engine: who to notify by role, zone and priority. It prioritises and filters alerts, notifies over multiple channels, and integrates with external systems (VMS, GIS, C2).

6. 06

   Defence Command Centre (local or central)

   Live video and sensor monitoring, alert acknowledgement, security team deployment, escalation to higher authority, and incident logging.

Key capabilities

• AI object detection: persons and vehicles (car, truck, bus, motorcycle), with more classes configurable
• Threat detection at the edge, e.g. an armed person or a restricted-zone intrusion
• Immediate local alerts from the edge plus escalation to the command centre
• Multi-camera, multi-sensor, multi-zone monitoring
• User-configurable object database: object classes, confidence thresholds, security classes, monitoring zones, alert priorities and event history
• Event details: object type, confidence, time, location / camera
• Private 5G communication, independent of the public Internet
• Scales to more sensors and sites

Technology

Arduino Q (Qualcomm) + 5G HAT edge device; NovaThinkTech Intelli5G Box running OAI / srsRAN and a 5G Core; AI video analytics; web interface; multi-channel notifications.

Who it is for

Defence and border security, restricted and sensitive areas, critical infrastructure, campuses and industrial sites needing standalone surveillance.

Demonstration scenario

Camera 1 watches traffic, Camera 2 another area, and Camera 3 a restricted zone. "PERSON ENTERED RESTRICTED ZONE" raises a security event.