Array data acquisition with wireless LAN telemetry as applied to shallow water tomography in the Barents Sea
By: by K. von der Heydt ... [et al.]
Contributors: von der Heydt, Keith.; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Series: WHOI -- 92-44.; WHOI (Series) -- 92-44.
Publisher: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Woods Hole, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Subjects: Underwater acoustics -- Barents Sea.; Radio telemetry.; Ocean engineering -- Barents Sea.; Barents Sea.
Description: This report describes the application of a new technique of digital radio telemetry, based on a recently available wireless Local Area Network Ethernet adapter, to the need for realtime transmission of data from a vertical line array (VLA) of hydrophones to a nearby ship. The report is technical in nature and discusses the design and performance of the system as used during the Barents Sea Polar Front Experiment in August 1992. A key feature of the use of LAN technology in a "telemetry" application is the availability of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) software for Ethernet hardware that greatly eases the task of achieving error free digital data over a radio link prone to dropouts.
Notes: "Funding was provided by the Office of Naval Research under contract no. N00014-91-J-1246 and by the Long Beach Naval Regional Contracting Center Detachment under Contract N00123-92-C-0071. "

"December 1992."

"Technical report."

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