PORRITTINC
( LAYTON, UT )
POSITION PAPER · EDGE THREAT

Forward and
austere
sites.

Where power is scarce and bandwidth scarcer, milliwatt sensing with on-device decisions is not a preference. It is the only architecture that functions.

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POSITION PAPER · TECHNICAL OPINION

This is a technical position paper stating Porritt Inc.'s engineering view. It is not a peer-reviewed publication and does not report experimental results. Where it forecasts capability, it is stating design intent rather than achieved performance.

Position
CONSTRAINTS

Power, bandwidth, logistics

No mains power, no reliable backhaul, and every resupply is a convoy. Any architecture assuming cloud inference is inapplicable.

IMPLICATION

Decide locally

Classification must happen on the node. Only events leave, and only when there is something worth sending.

ENDURANCE

Years, not months

Battery life determines resupply frequency, which determines risk exposure to the people doing the resupplying.

SCOPE

Detection and cueing only

This is a sensing and early-warning capability. It provides situational awareness to human decision-makers and has no engagement function.

Objectives
YEARS
Endurance objective
LOCAL
Inference
EVENTS
Only traffic
R&D
Capability vision
Position summary

Austere-site sensing is constrained by energy and logistics, not by algorithms. We think the architecture that wins is the one that sends the least.

Discuss the approach.

Teaming and technical discussion welcome.

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