Patent ID: 8159903
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: B63C,H04B

Abstract:
1. An underwater communication system comprising a plurality of communication modules incorporated in an underwater computer and in a plurality of underwater equipment devices, the underwater computer and the underwater equipment devices forming an underwater master/slave communication network for short and long ranges, each device forming a node which communicates in a bidirectional way with the other nodes of the network, the network being administered by a main underwater computer or master unit, each node of the network being identified by a unique identification code which is assigned dynamically by the master unit of the network and being provided with at least one of said communication modules for short-range communication, a data and message transmission protocol being provided for said network for administering the bidirectional network between the various nodes of the network, said computer and said plurality of underwater equipment devices being associated with a diver, each communication module being provided with a microprocessor, a memory unit, a transmitter and a receiver unit and an encryption unit which encrypts the said identification code of each node of the bidirectional underwater communication network and the various data exchanged between the various master and slave units.