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Low-Power Low-Cost Acoustic Underwater Modem

  • Alexander Gabrecht
  • , Benjamin Meyer
  • , Christoph Osterloh
  • , Erik Maehle
  • , Christian Renner
  • Institute of Computer Engineering

Abstract

Recent advances in electronics and robotics enable automated and potentially unsupervised environmental underwater inshore monitoring with swarms of small, low-power, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV). To enable flexible and self-organizing operation, underwater communication is required. However, existing solutions aim at long-distance communication, leading to high unit cost, high power consumption, and large dimensions; hence rendering their application in robot swarms practically and economically infeasible. In this paper, we present our ongoing development of a low-power low-cost underwater modem for acoustic communication. It features a low unit cost, small form factor, and low power consumption. It is flexible, robust, and achieves a suitably high data rate and low transmission delay for swarm coordination tasks.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationQuantitative Monitoring of the Underwater Environment: Results of the International Marine Science and Technology Event MOQESMtextasciiacute14 in Brest, France
EditorsBenoît Zerr, Luc Jaulin, Vincent Creuze, Nathalie Debese, Isabelle Quidu, Benoît Clement, Annick Billon-Coat
Number of pages7
Volume6
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Publication date04.06.2016
Pages59-65
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-32105-9
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-32107-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 04.06.2016

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  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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