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Project Number 21
Date of Summary March 31, 1984
Subject Underwater Acoustic Telemetry
Performing Activity Ocean Electronic Applications, Inc.
Principal Investigator Dr. Eric Softley
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description A technique was developed for transmitting underwater information by means of digital acoustic telemetry between a transmitter and receiver which determine by signal and feedback the optimum frequency, data rate, and power level.
Progress Complete. Test hardware was evaluated by an interactive process of at-sea tests.
Reports
AA (85 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Softley, E. J., An Adaptive Technique for the Acoustic Transmission of Digital Data from Subocean Platforms, Ocean Electronic Applications, Key Biscayne, Florida, November 1979.
AB (83 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Lyn, A. G., Underwater Solid State Camera (Satoda Program), Ocean Electronic Applications, Key Biscayne, Florida, December 1981 (undated).
AC (118 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Softley, E. J., Development of Adaptive Underwater Acoustic Telemetry with Particular Application to Offshore Oil Technology, Ocean Electric Applications, Key Biscayne, Florida, February 17, 1984.
 

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