Border security
Protecting borders on land, sea and river is a complex, challenging effort. Security. Reliability. Trust.
Protecting borders on land, sea and river is a
Communication technology in border Nokia Siemens Networks portfolio How can our channel partners help you?
complex, challenging effort. Securing facilities and
critical assets at their perimeters demands real-time security applications
Absolute security and reliability, high capacity, Nokia Siemens Networks’ sales and premium
situational awareness and management, accurate
robustness and integration of command and control partners understand the exacting and fluctuating
identification and increased passive detection. Protecting national borders and controlling cross-
systems — these are essential ingredients to demands of border security from their own long-
Agencies need interoperability to be able to work border traffic are only two of the responsibilities for
consider when designing communication systems term involvement in the governmental security
together, and efficiencies need to be found to agencies. Technical surveillance and security of
for border surveillance and control. sector. They have developed the capacity to build
control escalating costs. To meet the critical needs unmanned remote facilities such as power and
robust and secure communication networks for
of border security with border surveillance and communications stations and critical assets ranging
Nokia Siemens Networks’ portfolio supports both border security. In public sector solutions the key
control capabilities, what is needed is a flexible from pipelines to pumping stations may also be
mobile and fixed communications for voice, data, lies in understanding the local circumstances and
and robust communications network, with built-in required.
video and other transmissions. Developed solutions legislation. Our sales partners bring Nokia Siemens
capacity for growth and enhancement.
for technical surveillance (sensors, CCTV, etc), Networks’ global communications expertise to your
The security challenge becomes even more difficult
situational awareness (both network-wide and point- local level, with invaluable experience and expertise
when it comes to integrating information received
Market environment and challenges from different systems. Real-time situational
to-point), and command and control can be in each country. They know our portfolio and our
seamlessly integrated to functional systems by using capabilities, and understand all the important third-
awareness and management is only possible with
highly reliable and secure communication solutions. party applications, so they are uniquely qualified to
Increased international focus on security has flexible and utterly reliable integration of relevant
Our networks support a wide range of technologies, design winning network solutions for critical border
brought technical questions about border control information streams. That’s why a border security
including high-speed data, IP/Ethernet and others, control, surveillance and security applications.
and surveillance to the fore in recent years. Border system needs to be built robustly and with good
and effectively coordinate distributed sites via MW
security is in many cases the first line of a legacy growth capability.
radio links, either Point to Point (PTP) or Point to
homeland security policy, and good
Multipoint (PTMP).
telecommunication systems are essential to Communications technology plays a crucial part
any good solution. in many border security situations:
• Intruder deterrence
Border security can be broken down into two • Situational awareness and management, up to
categories, Border Surveillance: Protecting the command and control ability for disturbances
border in all its aspects (border lines on land, sea • Illegal border crossing detection
and river) to prevent the unauthorized crossing of • Threat identification, classification and
people, vehicles or goods; and Border Control: automated response
controlling the flow of travelers, vehicles and goods • Relaying and exchanging information to and from
in or out of the country at official Border Control concerned agencies
Points. • Intelligent solutions for e.g. passport control and
vehicle recognition
At a time when international mobility is continuing
to boom, governments around the world are Agencies are eager for offerings that include
challenged to increase security at established commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies, e.g.
checkpoints, and to adopt further effective solutions broadband networking, IP switching and routing,
for securing the relatively unprotected sections of transmission and transport and wireless access.
their borders. Beyond active patrolling, passive
intrusion/disturbance detection systems and
intelligent, automated surveillance are increasingly
in demand. Furthermore there is increasing need
for interoperability among agencies, demanding
new levels of data and voice integration, and
improvements in automated border control and
police information exchange systems.