Oceanographic high throughput communications system

Author

Rosario, Timothy N. ; Hardiman, James E.

Author_Institution

Benthos Inc., North Falmouth, MA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

29-31 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

633

Abstract

As sidescan sonar systems improve their resolution, the amount of sonar data transmitted to the topside processor will increase. Recently, a new design for sidescan systems has increased the amount of pings per sonar cycle from a single ping to up to four pings. This development called Multiping Sidescan Sonar (MSS) has lead to increased survey vessel operating speeds, which directly relates to lower cost per deployment. This paper will discuss the new Oceanographic High Throughput Communications System (OHTCS) developed at Benthos for handling the increased bandwidth (BW) requirement associated with the higher sample rates and greater volume of sonar data from MSS systems.

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; coaxial cables; oceanographic equipment; sonar; sonar signal processing; underwater acoustic communication; ADSL; Benthos; MSS; Multiping Sidescan Sonar; OHTCS; Oceanographic High Throughput Communications System; bandwidth requirement handling; coaxial cables; copper communications applications; lower cost; oceanographic communications system; pings per sonar cycle; point-to-point communications; sample rates; sidescan sonar systems; sidescan systems design; sonar data transmission; sonar data volume; survey vessel operating speeds; topside processor; Circuits; Coaxial cables; Data acquisition; Frequency shift keying; Power supplies; Sockets; Sonar; Throughput; Transceivers; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '02 MTS/IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7534-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2002.1192044

Filename

1192044