An avionic wireless sensor system comprising: a plurality of wireless sensors; a plurality of wireless data controllers each comprising a processing circuit and memory; a network controller configured to operate the plurality of wireless data controllers and to perform a wireless network deployment operation responsive to a deployment trigger, the wireless network deployment operation comprising: selecting a primary wireless data controller and a secondary wireless data controller for each of the plurality of wireless sensors; and establishing, by the network controller, wireless communication with at least one of the plurality of wireless sensors over the primary channel and the secondary channel, characterised in that: the wireless network deployment operation further comprises: scanning a plurality of wireless channels to determine an energy level for each channel in the plurality of wireless channels; and selecting a primary channel and a secondary channel from the plurality of wireless channels based at least in part on the energy level of each channel; and the network controller is further configured to: receive sensor configuration data from each of the plurality of wireless sensors, wherein the sensor configuration data comprises network parameters for the wireless sensor; store the sensor configuration data for each of the plurality of wireless sensors in a deployment matrix in the memory; transmit the deployment matrix to each of the plurality of wireless data controllers. periodically obtain sensor configuration data from each of the plurality of wireless sensors; compare the obtained sensor configuration data to the sensor configuration data in the deployment matrix; and based on a determination that the obtained sensor configuration data does not match the sensor configuration data in the deployment matrix, trigger the wireless network deployment operation. a plurality of wireless sensors; a plurality of wireless data controllers each comprising a processing circuit and memory; a network controller configured to operate the plurality of wireless data controllers and to perform a wireless network deployment operation responsive to a deployment trigger, the wireless network deployment operation comprising: selecting a primary wireless data controller and a secondary wireless data controller for each of the plurality of wireless sensors; and establishing, by the network controller, wireless communication with at least one of the plurality of wireless sensors over the primary channel and the secondary channel, characterised in that: selecting a primary wireless data controller and a secondary wireless data controller for each of the plurality of wireless sensors; and establishing, by the network controller, wireless communication with at least one of the plurality of wireless sensors over the primary channel and the secondary channel, characterised in that: the wireless network deployment operation further comprises: scanning a plurality of wireless channels to determine an energy level for each channel in the plurality of wireless channels; and selecting a primary channel and a secondary channel from the plurality of wireless channels based at least in part on the energy level of each channel; and scanning a plurality of wireless channels to determine an energy level for each channel in the plurality of wireless channels; and selecting a primary channel and a secondary channel from the plurality of wireless channels based at least in part on the energy level of each channel; and the network controller is further configured to: receive sensor configuration data from each of the plurality of wireless sensors, wherein the sensor configuration data comprises network parameters for the wireless sensor; store the sensor configuration data for each of the plurality of wireless sensors in a deployment matrix in the memory; transmit the deployment matrix to each of the plurality of wireless data controllers. periodically obtain sensor configuration data from each of the plurality of wireless sensors; compare the obtained sensor configuration data to the sensor configuration data in the deployment matrix; and based on a determination that the obtained sensor configuration data does not match the sensor configuration data in the deployment matrix, trigger the wireless network deployment operation. receive sensor configuration data from each of the plurality of wireless sensors, wherein the sensor configuration data comprises network parameters for the wireless sensor; store the sensor configuration data for each of the plurality of wireless sensors in a deployment matrix in the memory; transmit the deployment matrix to each of the plurality of wireless data controllers. periodically obtain sensor configuration data from each of the plurality of wireless sensors; compare the obtained sensor configuration data to the sensor configuration data in the deployment matrix; and based on a determination that the obtained sensor configuration data does not match the sensor configuration data in the deployment matrix, trigger the wireless network deployment operation.