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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2021
Thayermahan, Inc., Groton, CT (US);
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA (US);
Michael Joseph Connor, Mystic, CT (US);
Norman Farr, Monument Beach, MA (US);
THAYERMAHAN, INC., Groton, CT (US);
WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, Woods Hole, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are hybrid optical/acoustic wireless communications platforms for aquatic environments, the platforms comprising: an optical communications system configured to send and receive optical communications signals along a bed of the aquatic environment; an optical/acoustic communications signal converter; and an acoustic communications system configured to send and receive acoustic communications signals between the bed of the aquatic environment and a surface of the aquatic environment.