Sensors & Surveillance in Remote and Border Areas

1. Sensors & Surveillance in Remote and Border Areas Richard May Myotis Wireless

2. Topics • The limits to Power • The Power hog • A new approach

3. Limitless power ….

7. .. and limits …. Shoot here

8. SimpleR is better …

9. > 10 years continuous Vibration Colibrys

10. 9,000,000 measurements Proximity Maxbotix

11. 900,000 VGA pictures Images Omnivision

12. ½ - 5 months Radio Leading industrial brand

13. Why?

14. The easy and the hard EASY: Turn the radio off! HARD: wake up whenever needed

15. Low power radio operation Sleep Sleep I Wake up and join network WASTED t

16. Say hello to “chirps” Frequency Signal A f t t Chirp Example (up-chirp) Chirp: • A signal whose frequency increases or decreases with time

17. The usefulness of chirps The chirp at the transmitter… Attenuated, with noise, at receiver Chirp’s frequency / time relationship Detected signal

18. CSS Communications System Data Data t

19. Myotis Beta prototype - actual Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx 2.5 ms t

20. 1-5 years Radio Myotis

21. Flexible Network Topology

22. Industrial Version

23. Questions?

24. Thank you!