Phase II year
2023
(last award dollars: 1727271942)
Phase II Amount
$1,201,583
AtomBeams software is now in use over Inmarsat satellites with live customer data, reducing runtime data in real time by over 75%. No other software technology can, in real time, significantly reduce the size of the small messages generated by machines, such as tracking and telemetry, in real time. AtomBeam is highly effective for files as small as five bytes. In contrast, compression typically requires file sizes of at least 1KB to operate even marginally, making it unusable for IoTs typical 5 - 200B messages. AtomBeams 13 issued and three allowed patents testify to the originality of the innovation. AtomBeam uses Machine Learning (ML) to identify data patterns in payloads of a sample dataset. Frequently repeated patterns are associated with much smaller indexes, or Codewords, and both are stored in a Codebook that is replicated on both the source and destination. At runtime, a light, fast executable looks up patterns it finds in live message payloads in real time and encodes the patterns into Codewords, a process that is reversed at the destination to regenerate the original data. As a bit-level, completely new approach to managing data, Compactions ability to greatly reduce small individual datagrams in real time is not the only benefit that Compaction provides. Another unique feature of Compaction is its built-in security. For newly generated data payloads, only Codewords, which are much smaller than the original data, are sent. The original data never leaves the source. Compaction obscures encoded data so strongly that a national effort would be required to compromise a Codebook, despite incurring no added computation or hardware resources. A prototyped version of Compaction that encrypts and Compacts in a single, ultra light step will be released in 2023. AtomBeams Compaction software is a unique and innovative system that manages data at the bit level to produce unparalleled, unique advantages that are not available with any other technology. Key benefits include: 4x expansion of effective bandwidth is cost effective, rapidly deployable Battery life is improved, critical for man-portable terminals, by sending less data Added strong security in the same, light computing step Ultra-flexible: can operate on virtually any device, any protocol, any OS Fast recovery/correction with interrupted comms aids in jamming resistance
