Undersea Navigation via a Distributed Acoustic Communications Network

Abstract

Acoustic modems are the basis for emerging undersea wireless communications networks. US Navy Seaweb technology offers an opportunity to perform undersea navigation and tracking by virtue of node-to-node ranging measurements acquired as a by-product of the acoustic communications protocol. A simple localization algorithm is developed and verified with synthetic data and is then tested with an Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) during an experiment at sea.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA435873

Entities

People

  • Matthew J. Hahn

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Communications
  • Acoustics
  • Algorithms
  • Communications Protocols
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Measurement
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navigation
  • Range Finding
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transducers
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy