Development of a Synchronous High-Speed Acoustic Communication and Navigation System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Abstract

Our long-term objective is a smart acoustic network for multiple underwater vehicles operation, with integrated communication and positioning capability. The final objective of this one-year proposal is to provide navigation and communications (acoustic and radio waves) to one Undersea Search and Survey (USS) underwater vehicles using a set of three dedicated synchronous buoys and a high-speed acoustic link (HPAL or Mills-Cross) to upload sonar images. Also, wireless communication to shore will be available for control and real-time data transfer. The underwater vehicles will be carrying the latest version of the compact low-cost Dual Purpose Acoustic Modem (DPAM).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2003
Accession Number
ADA628859

Entities

People

  • Andres Folleco
  • Pierre-philippe Beaujean
  • Steven Schock

Organizations

  • Florida Atlantic University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Communications
  • Acoustics
  • Buoys
  • Coding
  • Command And Control
  • Computing Devices
  • Data Transmission
  • Detectors
  • Images
  • Navigation
  • Radio Waves
  • Shallow Water
  • Sonar Images
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Wireless Communications

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy