Tactical Mobile Ad Hoc Networking for High-Quality, Low-Latency Streaming Video

TrellisWare recently developed a software defined radio (SDR) evaluation platform for tactical mobile ad hoc networking (MANET). The success of our development program is exemplified by recent sole source announcements by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratories (MCWL) for ten-radio evaluation kits of our tactical MANET platform. While our existing technology meets many of the key requirements of a tactical wireless video streaming device, there are a number of key challenges that must be addressed (e.g., GHz band operation and LPI/LPD enhancement) so that TrellisWare''s existing technology - which was designed with a markedly different application in mind - can be extended for use as a tactical video streaming device. The goal of this Phase I SBIR is therefore to design and prototype the necessary components required to enable tactical video streaming with TrellisWare’s tactical MANET technology. During Phase II, TrellisWare will deliver a ten-radio evaluation kit of the proposed technology to our potential DARPA sponsors. It is only with such a large prototype run that the full capabilities - particularly multi-hopped transmission - of the proposed system can be effectively demonstrated.