GAPS, a new concept for USBL [Global Acoustic Positioning System for Ultra Short Base Line positioning]

Author

Audric, Max

Author_Institution

iXSea Pte Ltd., Singapore

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

9-12 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

786

Abstract

GAPS is an innovative concept for the Ultra Short Base Line positioning: the Global Acoustic Positioning System, which combines all the necessary sensors - acoustic, inertial, GPS - in the same housing to provide an accurate positioning of underwater vehicles. A comparison with standard USBL system will highlight the benefits of merging INS and acoustic wide band spectrum technologies, providing more accurate and reliable data of the ship and the subsea vehicle position and attitude as well as higher upgrade rate. The presentation will include theoretical analysis of the concept. Concerning the operational aspects, the merging of INS and acoustic technologies also resulted in a compact design of the 3D acoustic antenna and a plug & play solution.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; oceanographic techniques; ships; surface acoustic wave sensors; underwater sound; underwater vehicles; 3D acoustic antenna compact design; GAPS; GPS sensor; Global Acoustic Positioning System; Global Positioning System; INS; Inertial Navigation System; USBL positioning; Ultra Short Base Line positioning; acoustic sensor; acoustic wide band spectrum technology; inertial sensor; plug/play solution; ship/subsea vehicle attitude; ship/subsea vehicle position; ship/subsea vehicle upgrade rate; Acoustic sensors; Calibration; Global Positioning System; Innovation management; Marine vehicles; Merging; Sea measurements; Sensor systems; Underwater acoustics; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '04. MTTS/IEEE TECHNO-OCEAN '04

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8669-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2004.1405547

Filename

1405547