Aquarius gets ahead of the curve in telemetry
from sea
This story entered on 12th Dec, 2006 06:26:24 AM PST
NOAAs Aquarius was outfitted with a wireless communication
network. A fixed wireless link connects the 400-square-foot manned
undersea laboratory that is located 62 feet beneath the Atlantic
Ocean and nine miles off the coast of Florida. The wireless link
handles voice video and data at over 7 megabytes downstream. The
link beams ocean floor video up a wire to a buoy on the surface
where a wireless link beams it to nearby Key Largo, Fla. Previously,
the research lab used a 24 megabits per second (Mbps), conventional
wireless system, but recently that was replaced with a 7 Mbps link
to handle growing video applications. Before the upgrade, the link
could only handle 2 Mbps to 4 Mbps, depending on the size of the
ocean swells on the surface. The system upgrade will increase data
throughput, as well as to avoid interference. Aquarius is owned
by NOAA and is operated by the NOAA Undersea Research Programs
(NURP) Undersea Research Center at the University of North Carolina
Wilmington.
More information:
http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA6395684.html?spacedesc=Features
Contact information:
Name: Andy Shepard
Tel: (910) 962-2446
sheparda@uncw.edu
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