CS/CPE 426

Computer Science and Engineering Senior Project

Spring 2012

Team 12: Brian Streng Remis Valunta Evander Jo Spencer Dawson

In conjunction with Sierra Nevada Corporation(SNC) of Sparks, NV, Team 12 has designed, developed and implemented an ultra-wide band, high-security, close-area network (CAN) for possible acceptance as a key part of the Transport Telemedicine system of SNC's Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) business division.

Currently, SNC's Transport Telemedicine (T2) is a cutting-edge commercial and military system solution designed to capture critical patient care information throughout the transport of a wounded individual. Information gathered from the point of injury and digitally transmitted ahead of the medical transport vehicle immeasurably increases the level of treatment and care available to the patient.

The military application of the T2 system has dictated the need for a wireless CAN designed to satisfy strict range, performance, detectability, and exploitation requirements and constraints.

The prototype system is a fully-functioning close-area network utilizing a UWB link. Data is successfully and securely transferred between the simulated medical device, the access point, and the PC Console.

The system as it stands entails the following hardware products:

• A PC console.
• An access point.
• An ultra-wide band USB adapter.
• Multiple medical devices
• Miscellaneous networking hardware.

• A PC Console Access Point (AP) Monitor Data Mover
• Simulated Medical Monitor Device (MD) Scripts
• An Access Point Medical Data Getter Script
• AES256 Data Encryption Methods

• A better Comercial Off The Shelf (COTS) UWB solution for integration to improve data transfer speeds and network reliability
• Support for even more medical devices
• A better way of managing data storage on the Access Point
• Further improved security methods

• Shen, Xuemin. Ultra-wideband Wireless Communications and Networks. John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
• Wood, Stephen. Essentials of UWB. Cambridge University Press, 2008.

• Sierra Nevada Corporation: Transportation Telemedicine (link)
• Wisair, A leading provider of UWB System-on-a-chip (link)
• DARPA report on UWB advantages (link)
• The FCC's 2002 UWB Proceedings (link)
• AES encryption standard (link)