Patent Document ID: 10015259
Application ID: 15259121
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A networking system, comprising: a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes comprising a line-of-sight (LOS) radio configured to communicate with nodes within range of a signal transmitted by the LOS radio, wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes comprises communication hardware configured to communicate with a satellite, a cellular network, a radio network, or any combination thereof, the at least one of the plurality of nodes comprising the communication hardware configured to provide state-of-health (SOH) information for the networking system, nodes that lack the satellite, cellular, and/or radio communication hardware, if any, are configured to transmit data to at least one of the plurality of nodes comprising the satellite, cellular, and/or radio communication hardware directly, via one or more relay nodes, or both, each of the plurality of nodes is configured to function as an originator of sensor data, a destination for sensor data, and a relay for sensor data, and at least one of the plurality of nodes comprises a processor that performs scientific computing for pre-processing, quality control, statistical analysis, event classification, data compression and corrections, autonomous decisions and actions, triggering other nodes, and information assurance functions to provide data confidentiality, data integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation.