Active Wireless Asset Visibility Electronics (AWAVE™). From the introduction of low cost wireless networked tags, industry has recognized their potential. Applications in tracking and monitoring have been advertised, but, to date, the numbers of systems that have made it to the market and produced verifiable benefits have been limited. Over the past five years, Phase IV Engineering has been developing active wireless sensing tags and refining an application of wireless network that provides real benefits to the end user. 

Wireless networks have the benefit of setting up their own ad-hoc network that eliminates the need for line of sight to a central control system. The network is setup independent of supporting infrastructure. This architecture enables monitoring and tracking in environments where there is limited infrastructure like power and wired or wireless network support.

Currently, Phase IV Engineering is working with the Department of Defense testing the latest in wireless tag networks for container tracking and monitoring systems. This system maintains a manifest for each container and, when instructed, to communicate the inventory levels, transaction history, tamper-evidence and environmental history to a central location. This central hub can then communicate this information world-wide either through Wi-Fi, wired and SatCom communication.

Phase IV Engineering is now pleased to offer this technology to the commercial marketplace. If you have an application where wireless monitoring and mesh networking could enhance your customer experience, talk to our applications engineers and let Phase IV expertise enable features and benefits that will add value to your products and services.

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