PHASORLAB INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF193-CSO1

Description

PhasorLab has developed a communication device that has the power of your wireless router at home – but the size of the loose change in your pocket. An easily concealable communication device that’s disposable – represents next-generation of wireless communications – and affords operator creativity for secured data transmissions. PhasorLab proposes to research and develop “C3Edge”, a new software-defined-radio, Mesh-capable Network system customized for DoD use cases. C3Edge is low-cost ($50 per unit), supports high speed data transfers (10 Mbps) over long-range (2 Kms) in a compact unit that is the size of a stick of gum, that can last 24 hours on batteries. Given the scarcity of spectrum, we propose to dynamically use the TV white space (TVWS) spectrum, that are semi-licensed (and now available) to enable long range communications even through foliage and urban environments. C3Edge integrates with smartphones and other edge compute resources using standard TCP/IP to enable alternative communication options for DoD. With further miniaturization, we envision deployment of disposable self-organizing sensors, that are capable of streaming live video over multiple hops. Our solution is small and light, we imagine they will become ubiquitous and attached to soldiers, drones, vehicles, and so forth.