Patent ID: 6898149

Claim:
An adaptive downhole telemetry and power system for use in an environment comprising a borehole extending into a formation, the borehole including a casing positioned within the borehole and a piping structure contained within the casing, the system comprising: a surface data processor operative to provide first data and commands in a data packet format, the data packet format including at least one field allocatable for executable digital signal processing code; a surface modem having an input coupled to the surface data processor and an output coupled to the casing and piping structure, the surface modem operative to modulate a first signal having a first frequency band with the first data and commands received from the surface data processor in a first modulation scheme to provide a first transmitted command and data signal; a downhole modem coupled to the casing and piping structure and configured and arranged to receive the first command and data signal, the downhole modem operative to demodulate the first modulation scheme, and to recover the first data and commands including the executable code; a retentive memory operative to store the recovered first data and commands including the executable code; and a downhole processor coupled to the retentive memory and to the downhole modem, the downhole processor operative to receive the recovered first data and commands from the downhole modem, and to store the recovered first data and commands including the executable code in the retentive memory, wherein at least one of the downhole modem and the downhole processor is further operative to be reprogrammed with the executable code by the surface data processor, and to implement the executable code for performing at least one algorithm to adapt the system to the borehole environment.