Wireless Coordination for Distributed High-Power Microwave Sources

John Lancaster | 22-ERD-035

Executive Summary

We will develop wireless coordination technology for distributed high-power microwave sources, which will be capable of performing short-pulse time synchronization while remaining robust to internode electromagnetic interference. By addressing these principal challenges to the deployment of distributed high-power microwave systems, we will provide mission-critical solutions in areas such as directed energy and space security.

Publications, Presentations, and Patents

J. M. Merlo and J. A. Nanzer, “High accuracy wireless timing synchronization using software defined radios” (GNU Radio Conference (GRCon), Tempe, Arizona, USA, August 2023).

J. M. Merlo and J. A. Nanzer, “Picosecond non-line-of-sight wireless time and frequency synchronization for coherent distributed aperture antenna arrays” (International Union of Radio Scientists General Assembly, August 2023).

J. M. Merlo and J. A. Nanzer, “Wireless time and phase alignment for wideband beamforming in distributed phased arrays” (IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC- URSI Radio Science Meeting, July 2023).

J. M. Merlo, A. Schlegel, and J. A. Nanzer, “High accuracy wireless time-frequency transfer for distributed phased array beamforming” (IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), June 2023).

Samuel Wagner, John Lancaster, Jason Merlo, and Jeffery Nanzer. “Distributed Wireless Coordination of Ultrawideband HPM Sources” (2022 DEPS Directed Energy Systems Symposium. 2022).

J. M. Merlo, S. R. Mghabghab, and J. A. Nanzer, 2023. “Wireless picosecond time synchronization for distributed antenna arrays.” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol: 71, Issue: 4.