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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Michael F. Greene, Amherst, NH (US);
William J. Delaney, Bedford, NH (US);
Kristin A. Spang, Nashua, NH (US);
Mark E. Kimbark, Derry, NH (US);
Michael F. Greene, Amherst, NH (US);
William J. Delaney, Bedford, NH (US);
Kristin A. Spang, Nashua, NH (US);
Mark E. Kimbark, Derry, NH (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
A system for providing situational awareness outside a temporary incident area network includes a prioritized connection module for connecting a mesh network at the incident area to one of a plurality of available communications channels, with the selection based not only on the availability of a communications channel but also on the associated expense, speed, reliability or bandwidth, so that high bandwidth traffic such as video and pictures can be reliably sent from the incident area to a location outside of the incident area. In one embodiment switching to a satellite phone network bypasses problems with terrestrial networks such as cell phone networks and landlines which may be down.