Patent ID: 9599733
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G01V

Claim:
1. A method comprising: collecting, in a collecting device distinct from a central unit, data coming from a plurality of seismic acquisition units, said collecting device being used by a field operator and enabling said field operator to retrieve and process the collected data without any communication with a lab team which manages the central unit, wherein the collecting comprises: assigning at least one device as a sink unit, and wherein, for a given sink unit, the collecting comprises the following acts for data specific to at least one seismic acquisition unit not assigned as a sink unit: transmitting said specific data from said at least one seismic acquisition unit to said given sink unit, via a radio path established in a radio multi-hop network built at least with said given sink unit and said plurality of seismic acquisition units; and transmitting said specific data from said given sink unit to said collecting device, via a link.