Underwater Acoustic Communications for Bottom Mounted Sensor Networks

Abstract

The U.S. Navy's SEA POWER 21 FORCEnet vision demands the development of undersea sensing systems that can provide the warfighter with accurate and rapid awareness of the battlespace environment. To this end, undersea sensor networks in shallow water environments will be required to act as defensive fields and barriers in the protection of American shores, Navy assets, and sea bases.1 The Deployable Autonomous Distributed System (DADS) is such a network, tailored for the purpose of antisubmarine warfare (ASW). Equipped with acoustic and electromagnetic sensors coupled to robust data fusion schemes, DADS automates the reduction of sensor data to useful information, thereby greatly assisting decision- making personnel to ensure that enemy submersibles are kept at a distance from friendly forces.2

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA518013

Entities

People

  • P. J. Gendron

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Communications
  • Acoustics
  • Algorithms
  • Channel Estimation
  • Computational Science
  • Data Fusion
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Military Research
  • Networks
  • Noise
  • Power Levels
  • Seabed
  • Sensor Networks
  • Shallow Water
  • Surface Properties
  • Underwater Acoustic Communications

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  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Strategic Security Studies