Adaptive Remote Sensor Communications

Reliable System Services Corporation proposes a 6-month program to analyze/develop/ demonstrate the feasibility of an automated monitoring and reconfiguration system for multiple remote sensor communications links. The developed system will be suitable for the Navy tactical environment. A specific application would be for the planned Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) mission module unmanned vehicles and platforms, although the developed system architecture will have broader applications for any surface combatant requiring controlled data links to distributed sensors. A conceptual design for the Adaptive Remote Sensor Communications Manager/ARSCM system will be developed, and an optional early demonstration/Phase1 is proposed as a bridge to more extensive development/testing/demonstration in Phase2. A successful Phase 1 program will produce a conceptual design for a Navy tactical sensor communications system management that is consistent with FORCENet, and provides significant performance improvement over the unmanaged communications architecture. A successful Phase 2 program will demonstrate the capability in an ocean environment, using a surface ship and multiple unmanned platforms. The results will be significant, and the developed system could be a cornerstone of the future remote sensor combat communications management. The developed technology will also have use in any application requiring net centric/wide bandwidth data collection from distributed/remote sensors. BENEFITS: The anticipated benefits and potential commercial applications of the technology and products developed under this SBIR topic are significant and fill an immediate need within the DoD Digital Battlefield Concept for Net Centric High Data Rate Communications automated monitoring and management of remote assets. The anticipated product and system architecture will consist of proven Knowledge Based Technology adapted to the changing requirements of deployed sensor network, including unmanned vehicles and platforms. The markets consist of Naval and Land combatant Joint Manned and Unmanned Net Centric battlefield systems for the DoD. Other DoD applications include Test Ranges where remotely distributed measurement sensors, fixed/mobile, can be tied into a wireless networked re-configurable high data rate data acquisition system. The automated management and control of the remote sensor fields allow minimal operator intervention. Commercial and Homeland Defense applications include automated monitoring and control of remote sensor fields for Seaport security, Nuclear security, Border security and other high value asset security.