NOVELTY - The wireless sensor network (100) has multi-waveform sensor nodes that include wireless radio and sensors (104) to detect and track events, and wireless local area networks (WLANs) (101) that use commercial and propriety ad hoc link and routing protocol for automatically connecting the sensor nodes. A gateway node (105) is connected to the WLANs. An operations center is connected to the gateway node using at least one standard WAN protocol. A sensor node manager is connected to the operations center using at least one standard WAN protocol.    USE - Scaleable wireless sensor network for widely distributed sensor nodes that can be expanded globally for remote supervision, asset control and operational management.    ADVANTAGE - Provides a rapidly deployable, low cost wireless communication network for sensor applications, which provides the key aspects required for successful implementation of low cost communication operation. Provides a unique architecture that provides scalability to greater than 1 million nodes including a wireless radio node design based on wideband transceiver technology and software defined radio technology that can support multiple waveforms and multiple radio frequency (RF) frequency bands. Provides the flexibility to use any standard waveform or proprietary waveform that fits within the design constraints of the transceiver, processor and external interfaces.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The sensors may be provided in the form of temperature sensors, pressure sensors, humidity sensors, wind speed sensors, voltage sensors, current sensors, lighting sensors, chemical sensors, biological sensors, radiological sensors, explosive sensors, acoustic sensors, magnetic sensors, seismic sensors, micro-radar motion sensors, and imaging sensors. Each sensor node is powered using alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) power, in which the DC power source may be a battery, solar or fuel cell or any other source of DC power. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) Sensor node manager; and    (2) Sensor node system management method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing is a schematic illustration showing the concept of sensor network deployment.    Wireless sensor network (100)    WLANs (101)    Wireless WAN (102)    Sensors (104)    Gateway node (105)