Acoustic local area networks

Patent 5303207 Issued on April 12, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date:

October 27, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Northeastern University

Application

No. 967346 filed on 10/27/1992

US Classes:

367/134Telemetering

Examiners

Primary: Pihulic, Daniel T.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Hayes

International Class

H04B 011/00

Abstract

An underwater local area network for oceanographic observation and data acquisition includes a network node for telemetering data to a final destination and a plurality of sensors each of the sensors having an acoustic modem to transmit information to the network node.

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