Making Science Work

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• Making Science Work
• SWRDA - SWSIC
• HP Labs Bristol 22nd Nov 2007

Charles Curry BEng FIET Chronos Technology
Ltd Lydbrook Gloucestershire charles.curry_at_chronos
.co.uk www.chronos.co.uk
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Making Science Work

• Chronos An introduction
• Our Knowledge, Education, RD
• Our Technology
• Application Demonstrations

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Chronos Technology Ltd
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Customers
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Knowledge

• Sync knowledge consultancy product training
  with over 800 engineers trained on time timing
• Founder Chairman of International Telecom Sync
  Forum (ITSF)
• Member of Steering Group of Workshop on
  Synchronization in Telecommunication Systems
  (WSTS)
• Member of IET Professional Network
  Communications
• Member of ITU-T Study Group 15 Question 13
  Synchronisation
• Member of KTN Location Timing Steering Group

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Education Establishment Relationships

• Whitecross School Lydney
• Supported their successful Engineering Status Bid
• Careers Days
• Presentation Evening tonight!!
• Marling School Stroud
• Supported their successful Engineering Status Bid
• 6th Form Projects Build and use a Frequency
  Meter to examine the piezoelectric effect
• Prize Giving Evening Sept 2007
• Kings School Gloucester
• Science Technology Engineering At Kings School
  STEAKS Parent-Teacher Group - Chairman
• 6th Form Projects, Work Experience, Summer Vac
  work
• 1 Full Time Staff (post Uni), Two occasional
  Staff
• Careers Fairs

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Education Establishment Relationships

• Newent Community School - Newent
• Interview practice
• Lakers School Coleford
• Work Experience Students
• Monmouth Comprehensive School
• Work Experience Students
• Royal Forest of Dean College - Coleford
• Careers Fairs
• BTech Student
• Support for VIP visitors
• Forest Education Business Partnership
• Go Forest

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University of Bath

• University of Bath
• Teachers Engineering and Science Education Forum
  2006 2007
• Member of Industry Advisory Board Department of
  Electronic and Electrical Engineering
• Addressed final year students as role model
• Collaboration on various scientific projects
• GNSS, Space Weather
• Applying for GWR PhD Studentship Funding

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Research Development

• SyncWatch
• 24x365 Telecom Traffic Timing Monitoring
• SMS Alerts
• Heartbeats
• www.syncwatch.com
• Symmetricom Global OEM
• Current Projects
• SWRDA Grant Telecom Availability Standards
• Internet Enabled Telemetry Integrity
  Monitoring
• Geolocation Integrity Systems

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SWRDA Research Grant

• A Research Project to explore the feasibility of
  developing a Synchronisation Availability
  Standard and Synchronisation Susceptibility
  Testing Process for Next Generation
  Telecommunication Networks
• 125,000 _at_ 60 75k
• Commenced - 1st August 2006
• Joined ITU, SG15/Q13
• Enabled creation of one new job role in Chronos
• Developed prototype global Integrity Probe for
  measuring availability
• Development prototype Sync Susceptibility Tester
• New metrics now being defined in ITU Standards
• SLAs and Availability now being discussed in
  ITU Standards
• In final quarter of project

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• Making Science Work

Telemetry Integrity Monitoring over the Internet
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Telemetry Integrity Monitoring Whats
Involved?

• Monitor data, service or phenomena at point of
  use
• Usually involves gathering large amounts of data
• Only viable if there are no gaps i.e. 24x7
• Must authenticate data in real time
• Must be alerted immediately when something goes
  wrong
• Must have the ability to easily grab key data
  quickly
• Must have the ability to observe more detailed
  data
• Must have the ability to modify integrity limits
• Must be fully automatic
• Must be cost effective
• Results must be viewable with at least IE and
  Firefox

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Moving the Cloud

• Traditional telemetry or remote sensing is
  constrained
• Manage large amounts of data
• Over expensive or low speed data links
• Needs unique software to analyse raw data
• Needs expert users
• Move the cloud and remove the problem!

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Internet Enabled Telemetry Integrity Monitoring
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The System

• Three main System Components
• 1 - Remote Probe
• Application Sensor
• Data Reduction
• Limit Detection
• Comms e.g. GPRS Modem
• 2 - Communications Link
• LAN or GPRS
• 3 - Web Server
• Customer viewable pages
• Set-up pages
• Database

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Potential Telemetry Integrity Applications

• Telecoms
• Data traffic speed
• NGN Sync Availability
• NGN Speed Integrity
• Navigation
• GNSS (GPS) Integrity
• Interference monitoring
• eLoran Integrity
• Environment
• Space Weather
• Air quality
• RF emissions
• Rainfall monitoring
• Wind power
• Generic Sensing
• Remote data gathering

• Electricity
• Power Consumption
• Water Utilities
• Water Flow
• Water Purity
• Water quality
• Pollution
• Transport
• Dangerous load tracking
• Chemical
• Hazardous substance monitoring
• Security
• Remote monitoring
• Intruder detection
• Proximity alerts

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Application DemonstrationTelecoms Data Traffic
Speed

• SyncWatch
• Probe monitors relative time error between two
  telecom signals
• Realised by a Technology Transfer Agreement with
  BT for time error Sensor
• Data available on web site
• www.syncwatch.com
• Clients include BT, T-Mobile, TDC (Denmark),
• Global marketing through Symmetricom
• Forest of Dean electronic Coals to USAs
  Newcastle Silicon Valley
• Evolving into NGN Data Speed Integrity Monitoring

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Application DemonstrationGNSS Integrity
Monitoring

• GPSWatch
• Probe monitors GPS signals at point of use
• Provides integrity for safety of life
  applications
• e.g. airport, harbour etc
• Uses multipath detection algorithms developed by
  University of Bath under EPSRC Fellowship
• Will leverage EPSRC Collaborating for Success
  through People project - Safety Critical
  Applications of GNSS
• Will be subject of GWR PhD bid for on-going
  research work
• Will lead to Space Weather monitoring
• Essential for safety critical operations of GNSS
  systems

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Next.

• We are looking for technology Mash-Up
  opportunities
• With someone elses sensors and post processing
  algorithms
• Chronos Remote Probe, Comms and Web Site
  Technology
• Long Term PhD Research Opportunities with Bath?

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And Finally.

• UK Plc must take Science Technology seriously
• ICT is not about how to work computers
• Nor is it how to be clever with marketing
  websites
• Nor must it be used for political ends
• We should treat the funding of Science
  Technology as they do in the USA
• Its our natural home grown resource
• Its our future ..

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Chronos Technology Ltd
Making Technology Work For You Thank You
Charles Curry BEng FIET Chronos Technology
Ltd Lydbrook Gloucestershire charles.curry_at_chronos
.co.uk www.chronos.co.uk Dr Cathryn Mitchell
EPSRC Fellow University of Bath c.n.mitchell_at_bath.
ac.uk www.bath.ac.uk