WIRELESS SENSOR DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS

1 . A wireless network, comprising:

a plurality of sensors; and

a wireless station adapted to communicate with the plurality of sensors, each wireless station being part of a mesh network providing node to node communication, and

a long range transceiver coupled to at least one wireless station to communicate with a recording truck.

2 . The wireless network of claim 1 , wherein one of the sensors comprises a MEMS sensor that outputs 24-bit or 32-bit seismic signals.

3 . The wireless network of claim 1 , wherein one of the sensors comprises a spring-mass sensor that uses relative motion between a mass and a coil to generate an analog output signal.

4 . The wireless network of claim 3 , wherein the sensors comprise geophones.

5 . The wireless network of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a wireless transmitter to transmit seismic data.

6 . The wireless network of claim 5 , comprising a smart antenna coupled to the wireless transmitter to transmit seismic data.

7 . The wireless network of claim 5 , comprising a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna coupled to the wireless transmitter.

8 . The wireless network of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a transmitter compatible with one of: 802 protocol, cellular protocol, Bluetooth protocol, Zigbee protocol.

9 . The wireless network of claim 1 , wherein the wireless station comprises a device compatible with one of: WiFi protocol, Bluetooth protocol, ZigBee protocol, WiMAX protocol, 3G cellular protocol, 4G cellular protocol.

10 . The wireless network of claim 1 , wherein the wireless station comprises a transmitter compatible with one of: 802.X protocol, Bluetooth protocol, Zigbee protocol, and wherein the long range transceiver comprises a device compatible with one of: WiMAX protocol, 3G cellular protocol, 4G cellular protocol.

11 . The wireless network of claim 1 , comprising a smart antenna coupled to the wireless station.

12 . The wireless network of claim 1 , comprising a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna coupled to the wireless station.

13 . The wireless network of claim 1 , comprising a WiMAX transceiver coupled to the wireless stations to transmit seismic data.

14 . The wireless network of claim 13 , comprising one of: a smart antenna, a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna, each coupled to the WiMAX transceiver.

15 . The wireless network of claim 1 , wherein each wireless station comprises a processor to pre-process and to remove noise from seismic data.

16 . The wireless network of claim 1 , comprising one of: a solar cell, a fuel cell to power the wireless station.

17 . The wireless network of claim 1 , wherein the sensors communicate over the mesh network and self-assemble upon wireless station command.

18 . The wireless network of claim 1 , wherein time of arrival data is used to determine sensor location.

19 . The wireless network of claim 1 , comprising a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna coupled to the wireless station and wherein the wireless station comprises a multi-cluster multi-hop wireless ad hoc network formed without pre-existing infrastructure.

20 . A wireless network, comprising:

a plurality of sensors;

a wireless station adapted to communicate with the plurality of sensors, each wireless station having a positioning system to provide 3D coordinates, each wireless station being part of a mesh network providing node to node communication and each wireless station automatically determining the 3 D coordinates of each sensor based on the mesh network, and

a long range transceiver coupled to at least one wireless station to communicate with a recording truck, wherein one of the sensors comprises a MEMS sensor that outputs 24-bit or 32-bit seismic signals.