Patent ID: 8296068

Claim:
A method for seismic data transmission comprising the steps of: A. providing a plurality of seismic acquisition units, wherein each of the seismic acquisition units is capable of acquiring seismic data, receiving a short range radio transmission and transmitting a short range radio transmission; B. utilizing a first seismic acquisition unit to acquire seismic data and transmit seismic data along first transmission path using a first set of transmission parameters, wherein the first transmission path comprises a first subset of at least two of the plurality of seismic data acquisition units; C. utilizing a second seismic acquisition unit to acquire seismic data and transmit seismic data along a second transmission path using a second set of transmission parameters, wherein the second transmission path comprises a second subset of at least two of the plurality of seismic data acquisition units, wherein the second set of transmission parameters are different from the first set of transmission parameters; D. wherein the first set of transmission parameters and the second set of transmission parameters are selected to be non-interfering with one another.