SBIR Phase I: Massive Wireless Communication in Harsh RF Environment

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目是开发一种解决方案，用于在对无线电频率不利的环境中进行无线通信。超宽带（UWB）脉冲无线电用于为周期性发射的传感器和关键任务事件指示器创建鲁棒的通信链路。解决方案必须是低成本和高能效的。低成本将允许在车辆、传感器网络和工业工厂的监控设备中进行大规模部署。该方案可以构建一个完全无源的无线电系统，该系统使用UWB作为到GPRS的反向链路，从而在具有挑战性的环境中实现稳健、安全和可靠的通信。该项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是在家庭、办公室，特别是车辆中取代铜。该项目扩展了无源无线电的优势，其应用范围非常广泛：射频识别（RFID）、汽车、消费电子、家庭和工厂自动化。现代汽车工业越来越依赖于先进的电子产品，这实际上是对一种沉重而昂贵的材料的依赖：铜。混合动力和电动汽车的出现只会增加这种需求。一个典型的美国工厂使用超过55磅的铜，制造的汽车，这个数字越来越大，在更有特色的汽车。当扩展到家庭、办公室和工厂内部的布线时，这些数字和好处甚至更大。所有的开关、传感器、数据点和控制杆都可以用无线电连接代替。所提出的构建无源超低功耗系统的方法将改变车辆的设计，制造和测试方式。它显著降低了铜线的成本和相关开销。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project is to develop a solution for wireless communication in an environment hostile to radio frequency. Ultrawide band (UWB) impulse radio is used to create a robust communication link for both periodically transmitting sensors and mission-critical event indicators. The solution has to be low cost and power efficient. Low cost will allow massive deployment in vehicles, sensor networks, and monitoring devices in industrial plants. This proposal makes it possible to build a system consisting of a completely passive radio that uses UWB as the reverse link to an interrogator to realize robust, safe and reliable communication in a challenging environment.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is the replacement of copper in home, office, and in particular vehicles. The application of this project which extends the benefit of passive radio is numerous: radio frequency identification (RFID), automotive, consumer electronics, home, and factory automations. Modern automotive industry is increasingly relying on advanced electronics which is actually a reliance on a heavy and expensive material: copper. The advent of Hybrid and electric cars will only increase this need. More than 55 pounds of copper is used in a typical U.S.-built automobile and this number is increasingly larger in more featureful cars. These numbers and benefits are even greater when extended to wirings inside homes, offices and industrial plants. All switches, sensors, data points and control levers can be substituted by radio links. The proposed approach of building a passive, ultra-low power system will change the way a vehicle is designed, built, and tested. It significantly reduces the cost and the associated overhead of copper wires.