Patent ID: 8605546

Claim:
A method for acquiring seismic data using a plurality of field service units (FSUs) placed over a region of interest, the method comprising: determining a condition associated with each of a plurality of attributes relating to acquisition of the seismic data at each of the FSUs; generating messages at each FSU when the condition of a particular attribute meets a selected criterion; transmitting the generated messages; receiving the messages transmitted by at least a group of FSUs in the plurality of FSUs at a repeater unit placed in the region of interest; separating the messages received from the group of FSUs by the repeater unit into at least two categories based on at least one predefined limit in the repeater unit, wherein a first category of the at least two categories includes at least one message, which includes the condition that exceeds the at least one predefined limit; and transmitting information relating to the messages in the first category to a remote unit; and analyzing the received messages from the group of FSUs to determine occurrence of a storm condition and transmitting a message to the remote unit indicative of the storm condition.