Title: Deployable sensor system using mesh networking and satellite communication

Abstract

A sensor system may be configured for continuous operation in a low resource environment and/or in extreme environmental conditions. The sensor system may have sufficient processing capabilities to provide scientific computing for pre-processing, quality control, statistical analysis, event classification, data compression and corrections (e.g., spikes in the data), autonomous decisions and actions, triggering other nodes, and information assurance functions that provide data confidentiality, data integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation. The hardware may have both mesh networking and satellite and cellular communication capability, and may be available for relatively low cost. Such a network provides the flexibility to have potentially any number of nodes be completely independent from one another. Thus, the network may scale across a diverse terrain.

Inventors:

Frigo, Janette; Judd, Stephen; Proicou, Michael; McCabe, Kevin; Enemark, Donald; Saari, Alexandra; Hinzey, Shawn

Issue Date:

Tue Jul 03 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1459358

Patent Number(s):

10015259

Application Number:

15/259,121

Assignee:

Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01D - MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04B - TRANSMISSION

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01D - MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE

G01D21/00 - Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
G01D9/32 - there being a common recording element for two or more variables

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04B - TRANSMISSION

H04B7/15507 - {Relay station based processing for cell extension or control of coverage area,
H04B7/2606 - {Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels}

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

H04L67/12 - {adapted for proprietary or special purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in a car or remote metering networks

H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

H04W4/38 - for collecting sensor information
H04W52/0258 - {controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day}
H04W84/18 - Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

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DOE Contract Number:  

AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:

Patent

Resource Relation:

Patent File Date: 2016 Sep 08

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING