Patent ID: 8879356

Claim:
A system of acquiring seismic data, comprising: a first seismic data acquisition unit having at least one processor, the at least one processor in communication with a first geophone, a first one or more wireless transmitters, and one or more wireless receivers; the first geophone configured to detect first seismic data from an acoustic signal that propagates into earth and is reflected by subsurface lithologic formations or fluid layers of the earth; the one or more wireless receivers of first the seismic data acquisition unit configured to receive: via a first short range wireless transmission, second seismic data representative of the subsurface lithologic formations or fluid layers; via wireless transmission, a control signal; and the first one or more wireless transmitters configured to transmit, via a second short range wireless transmission, in a time period, using a first transmission parameter: the first seismic data detected by the first geophone, the first seismic data representative of the subsurface lithologic formations or fluid layers; and the second seismic data representative of the subsurface lithologic formations or fluid layers; a second seismic data acquisition unit in communication with a second geophone configured to detect third seismic data from the acoustic signal that propagates into the earth and is reflected by subsurface lithologic formations or fluid layers of the earth; the second seismic data acquisition unit configured to transmit, via a third short range wireless transmission, in the time period, using a second transmission parameter: the third seismic data detected by the second geophone, wherein the first transmission parameter and the second transmission parameter substantially prevent communication interference between the second short range wireless transmission and the third short range wireless transmission during the time period.