SBIR-STTR Award

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, dron