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Abstract

A security system for monitoring a shipping container being transported by a cargo transport vehicle has a Container Security Device (CSD) removably coupled to a shipping container wall. The CSD monitors cargo inside the container and detects intrusions into the vehicle and damage to the container wall. The CSD includes an anti-tamper sensor, a microcontroller, and a communication device. The microcontroller generates an alarm signal based on a signal from the anti-tamper sensor and records container events. The anti-temper sensor undergoes individual and integrated sensor processing procedures. The integrated sensor processing procedure determines the overall container alert status using an alarm signal from at least one sensor. The system also has a Network Operations Center (NOC) for communicating with a telecommunications network. The NOC receives data from each CSD, includes a data storage medium for storing sensor data, and has an archive of the container events.

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