GEOSTAR-development and test of a communication system for deep-sea benthic stations

Author

Marvaldi, J. ; Blandi, J. ; Podeur, Ch ; Coudeville, J.-M. ; Antoine, J. ; Bardot, D. ; Fellmann, D. ; Rhodes, D.

Author_Institution

IFREMER, Plouzane, France

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

28 Sep-1 Oct 1998

Firstpage

1102

Abstract

The aim of GEOSTAR project is the design, construction and test of an autonomous deep-sea station for seismology and oceanography data collection. The role of the communication system (CS) is to give periodical information on the state of the station and on collected data. The CS is built around a set of releasable data storing vehicles, the Messengers, which carry data to the surface and are recovered by a ship or transmit data on ARGOS net. The paper examines the functions and architecture of the CS, describes its constitutive parts and reviews the qualification tests

Keywords

oceanographic techniques; satellite communication; satellite telemetry; seismology; ARGOS net; GEOSTAR project; Messengers; acoustic telemetry system; architecture; communication system; data transmission; deep-sea benthic stations; oceanography data collection; qualification tests; releasable data storing vehicles; seismology; Instruments; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Memory; Packaging machines; Qualifications; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea surface; Seismology; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '98 Conference Proceedings

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5045-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1998.724407

Filename

724407