Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Subsurface Thermal-Shadow Communication And Routing Architecture For Low-Energy Buried Sensor Networks

MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611064600 A) filed by Chandigarh University on May 22, 2026, for Subsurface Thermal-Shadow Communication And Routing Architecture For Low-Energy Buried Sensor Networks.

Inventor includes Dr Siddharth Arora.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultra-low-energy communication and routing system for underground sensor networks using naturally occurring subsurface thermal gradients and thermal-shadow patterns as a communication medium. Buried sensor nodes include thermal sensor arrays configured to detect temperature variations, thermal fronts, and shadow...