THIS PROPOSAL PRESENTS A SERIES OF TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES THAT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO A BROAD RAN…

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THIS PROPOSAL PRESENTS A SERIES OF TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES THAT WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO A BROAD RANGE OF WIRELESS SENSORS, AND ADVANCE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART AND CAPABILITIES IN SENSOR TECHNOLOGY. THE EFFORT WILL DEMONSTRATE A MULTIBAND SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR) SENSOR TRANSCEIVER THAT CAN INTERROGATE ANY PASSIVE RESONATOR OR DELAY LINE TECHNOLOGY SENSOR WITHIN A GIVEN BAND. THE PROPOSED SENSOR SYSTEMS WILL LEAD TO IMPROVED SAFETY, REDUCED TEST, AND SPACE FLIGHT COSTS BY PROVIDING REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF DATA, INFORMATION, AND KNOWLEDGE THROUGH MESHED WIRELESS NETWORKING. THE SDR SYSTEM APPROACH HAS THE FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES AND ADVANCEMENTS: SWITCHABLE BANDS SOFTWARE DEFINED CENTER FREQUENCY AND BANDWIDTH LOW COST CONFIGURABILITY EASY AND FAST PROGRAMMABILITY OF SDR AND POST PROCESSING WORKS WITH ANY PASSIVE SENSOR WITHIN THE GIVEN RF BAND, TEMPERATURE, STRAIN, GAS, MAGNETIC FIELD AND OTHERS MAXIMIZE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO FOR A GIVEN SENSOR TYPE, I.E., RESONATOR, DELAY LINE, CDMA, OFC, ETC. BY MINIMAL HARDWARE CHANGES SOFTWARE FOR PARAMETER EXTRACTION OF MULTIPLE MEASURANDS SIMULTANEOUS INTERROGATION OF ALL IN-BAND SENSORS MULTIBAND-SWITCHABLE SYSTEM: CONTIGUOUSLY MEASURE SENSORS ACROSS FREQUENCY BANDS WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTIVITY FOR INFORMATION AND DATA LOGGING FROM MULTIPLE SITES AND SENSORS.