Wireless sensor data processing systems

Abstract

A wireless network includes a plurality of sensors; and a wireless station adapted to communicate with the plurality of sensors, each wireless station having a positioning system to provide 3D coordinates, each wireless station being part of a mesh network and each wireless station automatically determining the 3D coordinates of each sensor based on the mesh network.

1 . A wireless network, comprising: 
 a plurality of sensors; and    a wireless station adapted to communicate with the plurality of sensors, each wireless station being part of a mesh network providing node to node communication, and    a long range transceiver coupled to at least one wireless station to communicate with a recording truck.    
     
     
         2 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , wherein one of the sensors comprises a MEMS sensor that outputs 24-bit or 32-bit seismic signals.  
     
     
         3 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , wherein one of the sensors comprises a spring-mass sensor that uses relative motion between a mass and a coil to generate an analog output signal.  
     
     
         4 . The wireless network of  claim 3 , wherein the sensors comprise geophones.  
     
     
         5 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a wireless transmitter to transmit seismic data.  
     
     
         6 . The wireless network of  claim 5 , comprising a smart antenna coupled to the wireless transmitter to transmit seismic data.  
     
     
         7 . The wireless network of  claim 5 , comprising a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna coupled to the wireless transmitter.  
     
     
         8 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a transmitter compatible with one of: 802 protocol, cellular protocol, Bluetooth protocol, Zigbee protocol.  
     
     
         9 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless station comprises a device compatible with one of: WiFi protocol, Bluetooth protocol, ZigBee protocol, WiMAX protocol, 3G cellular protocol, 4G cellular protocol.  
     
     
         10 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless station comprises a transmitter compatible with one of: 802.X protocol, Bluetooth protocol, Zigbee protocol, and wherein the long range transceiver comprises a device compatible with one of: WiMAX protocol, 3G cellular protocol, 4G cellular protocol.  
     
     
         11 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , comprising a smart antenna coupled to the wireless station.  
     
     
         12 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , comprising a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna coupled to the wireless station.  
     
     
         13 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , comprising a WiMAX transceiver coupled to the wireless stations to transmit seismic data.  
     
     
         14 . The wireless network of  claim 13 , comprising one of: a smart antenna, a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna, each coupled to the WiMAX transceiver.  
     
     
         15 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , wherein each wireless station comprises a processor to pre-process and to remove noise from seismic data.  
     
     
         16 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , comprising one of: a solar cell, a fuel cell to power the wireless station.  
     
     
         17 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , wherein the sensors communicate over the mesh network and self-assemble upon wireless station command.  
     
     
         18 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , wherein time of arrival data is used to determine sensor location.  
     
     
         19 . The wireless network of  claim 1 , comprising a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna coupled to the wireless station and wherein the wireless station comprises a multi-cluster multi-hop wireless ad hoc network formed without pre-existing infrastructure.  
     
     
         20 . A wireless network, comprising: 
 a plurality of sensors;    a wireless station adapted to communicate with the plurality of sensors, each wireless station having a positioning system to provide 3D coordinates, each wireless station being part of a mesh network providing node to node communication and each wireless station automatically determining the  3 D coordinates of each sensor based on the mesh network, and    a long range transceiver coupled to at least one wireless station to communicate with a recording truck, wherein one of the sensors comprises a MEMS sensor that outputs 24-bit or 32-bit seismic signals.