The PLUSNet Underwater Communications System: Acoustic Telemetry for Undersea Surveillance

Author

Grund, Matthew ; Freitag, Lee ; Preisig, James ; Ball, Keenan

Author_Institution

Woods Hole Oceanogr. Instn., MA

fYear

2006

fDate

18-21 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance Network (PLUSNet) demonstrates multi-sensor and multi-vehicle anti-submarine warfare (ASW) by means of an underwater acoustic communications network. This ONR-funded multi-institution effort is part of a larger research and development framework which aims to provide autonomous detection and tracking of quiet submarines in support of the Navy Sea Power 21 concept. This paper describes the acoustic network implementation using the WHOI Micro-modem, and highlights the physical and messaging communication layers

Keywords

modems; target tracking; underwater acoustic telemetry; underwater equipment; underwater sound; Navy Sea Power 21 concept; PLUSNet underwater communications system; Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance Network; WHOI Micromodem; acoustic telemetry; antisubmarine warfare; autonomous detection; autonomous tracking; messaging communication layer; multisensor ASW; multivehicle ASW; physical communication layer; submarines; undersea surveillance; Acoustic sensors; Acoustic signal detection; Frequency; Mobile communication; Sensor arrays; Surveillance; Telemetry; Underwater acoustics; Underwater communication; Underwater tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2006

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0114-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0115-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2006.307036

Filename

4099155