Distributed remote sensing system component interface

A distributed remote sensing system comprising: at least one gateway; at least one sensing device; and a communication interface providing radio frequency communication through a predetermined shared variable frequency scheme between each sensing device and one of the at least one gateway and between each sensing device and another of the at least one gateway through a different variable frequency scheme that is independent of the predetermined shared variable frequency scheme, wherein the at least one sensing device predeterminately pairs with the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway and is configured so as to switch communications between the one of the least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway based on unavailability of at least one of either the one of the at least one gateway and the another of the at least one gateway.