A wireless power transmission and communication network that provides efficient
interrogation and powering of sensors for use on undersea vehicles. The present
invention employs a wave-guide that allows the propagation of electromagnetic waves
through a dielectric material that covers the exterior of an undersea vehicle's
hull. Embedded within the dielectric material is an N dimensional array of Micro
Electronic Mechanical Systems sensing devices coupled with radio frequency (RF)
decoders and transceivers, and strips of conductive metal tape. Electromagnetic
waves such as microwaves propagate through the dielectric material both powering
the sensor network and addressing and interrogating individual sensing devices.
The sensing devices take readings and then format and transmit the data results
back across the wave-guide where they are received and processed by a digital processor
within the hull of the undersea vehicle.