Architecture and Design Specifications of S&R platform

This deliverable presents the initial reference architecture for the Search and Rescue system. This deliverable scope is to be starting point for future project activities mainly for technical and technological tasks, but also for other task types.
After a description of the methodology used in SnR project, Archimate modeling language in general context of Enterprise Architecture best practices, this deliverable presents the first view of the reference architecture.
Reference architecture layers are:

• Field layer
• Communication Layer
• Integration Platform
• Decision support and command and control layer
• GUI (Visualisation and security layer)

This view of architectural layers is mainly based on the physical location of devices and technologies at the same time decorated with major functional building blocks.
Detail of the initial reference architecture follow in the last sections of the deliverable, the main view is:

• Use case view
• Application layer
• Technology and physical view.