Use of zigbee personal area network in MILES manworn

A wireless detection system for use in a military training environment, the system comprising:

• two or more laser detector modules each including:
• a sensor configured to detect a laser signal,
• a decoder configured to extract event data from the laser signal, and
• a network adapter configured to transmit the event data from the decoder over a wireless personal area network (WPAN) and to receive signals over the WPAN;
• a control module configured to:
• form the WPAN,
• act as the network coordinator for the WPAN,
• associate devices including the two or more laser detector modules with the WPAN,
• receive the event data transmitted from the laser detector modules over the WPAN,
• transmit signals to the devices associated with the WPAN, and process the event data;
• a memory coupled with the control module and configured to store the processed event data;
• and
• a status indicator configured to provide status information to a human operator,
• wherein the control module and the two or more laser detector modules are adapted to be attached to a single user simultaneously and to operate independently from each other, and wherein
• the control module limits access to the WPAN to the devices attached to the single user.