DARPA News  June 9, 2020 To break the dependence on big antennas and amplifiers for establishing long-range tactical communications for U.S. troops in remote locations, DARPA recently announced the Resilient Networked Distributed Mosaic Communications (RN DMC) program which aims to provide long-range communications through “mosaic” antennas composed of spatially distributed low SWaP-C transceiver elements or “tiles.” This approach replaces high-powered amplifiers and large directional antennas with mosaics of dispersed tile transceivers. Transmit power is distributed among the tiles, and gain is achieved through signal processing rather than by a physical antenna aperture to concentrate energy. The antenna mosaic concept could […]