Integrated Short Range, Low Bandwidth, Wearable Communications Networking Technologies.

摘要

This report provides a summary of research and development (R&D) activity and accomplishments, with respect to the development of SPARNET, for U.S. Army contract number W911QY-11-C-0012 - Integrated Short Range, Low Bandwidth, Wearable Communications Networking Technologies. The research and development (R&D) efforts conducted in this project were aimed at the implementation of an integrated short-range, low-bandwidth, wearable communications, sensing, and networking, based on software-defined-radio (SDR) technology. The operating-objective of the system is to enable the remote monitoring, analysis and display of summary activity, physiologic, and geolocation data from free-roaming dismounted Warfighters in a variety of austere military training settings. Work was executed to systematically advance the Technical Readiness Level (TRL) of the current technological elements and expedite the realization of a fully-founded SPARNET system. The purpose of the system is to provide a powerful means of protecting the health and well-being of Soldiers while they are engaged in physiologically-challenging training that is conducted in harsh environments.