Systems and methods for controlling the optical path length between a feedback enabled laser and a cavity, and hence the optical feedback phase. Each node may be connected to a payload, which comprises sensors, actuators and DTE’s. The plurality of hingedly coupled multi-lane track segments may be configured to foldably transition between a first configuration and a second configuration. According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, before the data is forwarded to the recording device, pre-processing algorithms are performed according to a system preset or according to one or more rules.