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Method and apparatus for persistent communications, interoperability and situational awareness in the aftermath of a disaster

  • US 9,125,041 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2014
  • Issued: 09/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing situational awareness from the scene of an incident in which interoperable temporary incident area network modules on a wireless mesh network are used to provide communication between the network modules in the incident area and locations outside of incident area, comprising:

  • a prioritized connection module coupled to said wireless mesh network for connecting information from said wireless mesh network to locations outside of said incident area, said prioritized connection module including a switching system for connecting said information to available communications channels and in which said system is prioritized based on channel availability, bandwidth of the channel, bandwidth requirement of data to be transmitted and knowledge of the traffic on said wireless mesh network; and

    an automatic power management feature for providing access to a plurality of alternative power sources to power the network modules.

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