Doodle Labs Sense

Doodle Labs’ patent-pending Sense technology is engineered to actively monitor in-band interference and automatically switch channels or frequency bands to find the best-performing frequency. This feature set, when combined with Mesh Rider’s LPI/LPD (Low Probability of Intercept/Low Probability of Detection) waveform, ensures uninterrupted communication and enhances the operational efficiency of these advanced systems in the fields of defense, public safety, and the commercial industry.

Sense, along with patented multi-band technology, realizes the full potential of packing multiple frequency bands into a single radio. Multiple frequency bands not only facilitate global deployment in areas with differing legal frequency allocation, but also significantly expand the radio’s ability to avoid interference or jamming by utilizing all available spectrum with multiple frequency bands.

Sense is an advanced paid feature that will be available as a firmware upgrade to all Doodle Labs Mesh Rider Radio customers. Contact the Doodle Labs Technical Sales Team for more details.

How Sense Works

With Sense activated, Mesh Rider Radios scan for interference and background noise across all frequency bands. Once the node on the network is deployed into the field (whether it is a UAV, UGV, or a connected team member), Sense continually monitors the health of the LPI/LPD datalink signal. If the datalink starts to experience significant interference, Sense automatically shifts to a better-performing channel with the current band or to a different band altogether, maintaining connectivity and optimizing performance during a mission.

Commercial Applications

For commercial customers like drone and UGV OEMs, Sense offers an enhanced ability to operate in densely populated and RF-noisy urban environments.  While it has been challenging to provide reliable, long-range communications in urban environments in the past, Sense allows commercially-focused platforms to seamlessly avoid interference from the myriad of common WiFi and other electronic devices.  

Defense Applications: Battle-tested reliability

Sense is battle-tested in challenging environments, where it’s helping to avoid interference caused by active jamming. Evolve Dynamics, a UK-based drone manufacturer, integrated the Doodle Labs Mesh Rider Radio into a flagship SKY MANTIS 2 for resilient connectivity, full data encryption, and Sense‘s advanced interference-avoidance. The SKY MANTIS 2 has been thoroughly field-tested in highly contested airspace in support of defense forces in the face of active jamming attempts.

The government and defense-focused Helix Doodle Labs Mesh Rider Radios were developed with sponsorship by the US Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit for its Blue UAS program. Helix variants are available in a variety of licensed multi-band frequency combinations specifically suited for government use, and the LPI/LPD waveform meets the highest standards of defense and special forces outfits.