US Army Research Laboratory and University of Notre Dame Distributed Sensing: Hardware Overview

Abstract

A distributed collaborative sensor and transmitter architecture was developed in support of an ongoing collaborative agreement between the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the University of Notre Dame (UND). The hardware developed in support of this research effort was designed to provide a mobile ad hoc network (MANET) of diverse software-defined sensors to perform detection and geolocation of a signal source of interest. A transmitter module was designed using the same fundamental hardware as the sensor modules. The transmitter modules would provide a software-defined waveform and ground-truth location to the distributed collaborative network of sensor modules. ARL has designed and fabricated the sensors, emitters, and the MANET architecture to be used in conjunction with UNDs custom software-defined sensors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1041138

Entities

People

  • Arthur Harrison
  • Charles Dietlein
  • Roger P. Cutitta
  • Russell Harris

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Amplifiers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Detectors
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Field Tests
  • Geolocation
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Mesh Networks
  • Military Research
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Networks
  • Power Amplifiers
  • Power Supplies
  • Radio Frequency Amplifiers
  • Software Defined Radio
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.