Research Summaries

Back Deep Seaweb Acoustic Communications and Underwater Networking

Fiscal Year 2013
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Physics
Investigator(s) Rice, Joseph A.
Sponsor Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center-Pacific (Navy)
Summary DSw leverages the high technology readiness level of Seaweb networking functionality and exploits the physical acoustic characteristics of the deep ocean to achieve wide-area coverage to meet USW requirements and to support future USW missions. Detailed modeling and analysis of DSw sponsored by the Navy Irregular Warfare Office (NIWO) led to numerous technological breakthroughs that enable the extension of Seaweb capability into the deep sea. Seaweb networked acoustic communications among the sensor nodes and among optional repeater nodes allows the underwater wide-area network domain to be served by a relatively small number of radio/acoustic communication (RACOM) gateway nodes at the sea surface, typically equipped with SATCOM telemetry for near-real-time bidirectional communications with a manned operations center. A unique attribute of DSw is the proposed use of unmoored, energy-harvesting, station-keeping Wave Glider USVs to provide a rapidly deployable, long-endurance, survivable RACOM capability in the open sea.
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