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Low-Cost Wireless Shipboard Local Area Network
Award last edited on: 3/4/2004

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : Navy
Total Award Amount
$660,282
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
N02-042
Principal Investigator
James L Saulnier

Company Information

Wireless Communications Products LLC

24 Stony Hill Road
Bethel, CT 06801
   (203) 798-0755
   jsaulnier@wirelesscp.com
   N/A
Location: Single
Congr. District: 05
County: Fairfield

Phase I

Contract Number: N00167-02-C-0032
Start Date: 5/8/2002    Completed: 11/8/2002
Phase I year
2002
Phase I Amount
$60,282
Wireless Communications Products Mobility and portability for users and equipment, security of wireless information links, modular scalable wireless system, clear channel operations of wireless links in a metal box environment locator functions for personnel and equipment no interference with RF sensitive equipment

Phase II

Contract Number: N00167-03-C-0072
Start Date: 9/30/2003    Completed: 9/30/2005
Phase II year
2003
Phase II Amount
$600,000
The development of a diffuse infrared wireless LAN designed to operate on IEEE802.11 standards at 1.0, 2.0 and 5.5 Mbps. The system componenets will include a PCMCIA card network interface card for portable computers, remote transceivers and an access point capable of demonstrating operation with seamless roaming on a plug and play basis into a wired 10\100 Base-T Ethernet LAN. The system will be capable of passing data as well as voice communications and will be designed to provide for location information in the future. It will also conform to DoD security requirements. Benefit IR based LAN''s are inherently more secure and are saferfor operation in EMI adverse environments, e.g. hospitals, network operations centers, munitions rooms, SCIF''s, etc. Keywords Wireless, Secure, LAN, infrared