System and method for estimating errors in a sensor network implementing high frequency (hf) communication channels

A computer system for estimating a remote quantity of interest (QoI), the computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a storage device coupled to the processor and storing instructions, which when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
• receiving, over a communication channel, a radio frequency (RF) signal carrying an estimate of the QoI measured by a sensor;
• estimating probability distributions of a set of random channel parameters associated with the HF communication channel;
• reconstructing the estimate based on the probability distributions of the channel parameters and the received RF signal;
• determining a level of uncertainty associated with the reconstructed estimate;
• and
• combining reconstructed estimates from multiple sensors based on the determined level of uncertainty associated with each reconstructed estimate to output a combined estimate of the QoI.