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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Justin T Meninno, Fall River, MA (US);
Michael J Obara, North Kingstown, RI (US);
Justin T Meninno, Fall River, MA (US);
Michael J Obara, North Kingstown, RI (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention is a two wire telemetry system for an entire towed underwater acoustic sonar array system wherein power and data signals are now shared on a single wire (with a second wire as return) throughout the towed array. Ship electrical power is transmitted from a direct current source onto the tow cable for all of the array nodes to operate on. Downlink commands are also sent to the array nodes via the tow cable. Uplink data is sent up the tow cable to the towing vessel for data storage. A bi-directional time sharing communication protocol allows each node on the array as well as the command and control on the towing vessel a portion of time to transmit signals.