"RESPONSE" ANOMALY DETECTION NETWORK

Designed by Areta Shima and urgently deployed across Stranwell and Coalwell (Phorosburg deployment pending), the "Response" network combines "Branch" anomaly detectors (licensed Sichovan design) and COTS smartphones for data processing and transmission to the Geoscape system, with network itself consisting of hundreds of units placed all around the city and within it.
Each individual "Response" unit has a singular single-antenna "Branch" detector at the top, usually enclosed within pyramidal plastic or glass protective cover, large enough that the detector can both extend (if anomalous energies are picked up or activation signal is sent) and retract (switching to passive mode to save power) its antenna.
The detector is connected to a smartphone within it, which runs SDI-designed software to log readings from the anomaly detector and send timestamped and geolocated readings to SDI, allowing them to build a map of anomalous activities.
Even though "Branch" detectors are rather primitive and can't exactly recognize specifics of anomalies, they are the only ones available in sufficient numbers to fit the scales of required network, with idea of using more advanced and specialized detectors once "Response" network had detected location of anomaly.
Same goes for their "brains" - while the original plan called for custom-designed microcomputer, the ultimate decision to take up smartphones as controllers was driven by both their availability and them being well enough suited for the project, having autonomous power supply, GPS and cellular capability (in addition to wired) from get-go.

Creator - Areta Shima

Manufacturer - Sichovan Kharakternyk Special Factory (original detector design), SDI Special Equipment Division (licensed production)

Deployed in - Stranwell, Coalwell