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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2014
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Cody Youngbull, Tempe, AZ (US);
David Ganger, Chandler, AZ (US);
Andres Mora, Tempe, AZ (US);
Andrea Richa, Tempe, AZ (US);
Jin Zhang, Kirkland, WA (US);
Chenyang Zhou, Tempe, AZ (US);
Xinhui Hu, Tempe, AZ (US);
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A multi-hop ad hoc communications network may allow optical communications between underwater nodes. Each node may be fitted with environmental sensors. Each node may collect data from the sensors and transmit the data to other nodes in the network according to a time division multiple access (TDMA) scheme. The data may propagate through a series of child and parent nodes to reach a master node. The master node may have a wired connection for power and data transfer.