Title :
Underwater acoustic telemetry for AUVs
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Newcastle upon Tyne Univ., UK
Abstract :
The paper deals with the development of acoustic telemetry links for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for which there are two principle communication requirements: a high data rate “up-link” from the AUV to the surface for retrieving sensor data such as video and sonar images; and a substantially lower data rate, but very reliable, bi-directional link for communicating command and status signals between the ship and AUV. These communications methods, coupled with new battery technologies, could remove the need for a tether to the AUV entirely
Keywords :
marine systems; sonar imaging; telemetry; underwater sound; video signals; AUV; acoustic telemetry links; autonomous underwater vehicles; bi-directional link; command signals; sonar images; status signals; underwater acoustic telemetry; video and sonar images;
Conference_Titel :
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles and their Systems - Recent Developments and Future Prospects, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19960658
