2019_programme: AUV TRACKING UTILIZING A THRUSTER COMMUNICATION LINK

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  • Session: 05. Underwater Communications and Networking
    Organiser(s): Tsimenidis Charalampos, Mitchell Paul, Pelekanakis konstantinos
  • Lecture: AUV TRACKING UTILIZING A THRUSTER COMMUNICATION LINK
    Paper ID: 771
    Author(s): Cronin Stephen, Butka Dr. Brian
    Presenter: Cronin Stephen
    Presentation type: oral
    Abstract: The acoustic noise produced by electric thrusters is often viewed as undesirable and frequent efforts have been made to minimize this noise. Leveraging this noise, a frequency modulated PWM signal was used to create a one-way acoustic data link that does not require a separate acoustic transducer. The motor noise modulation system has demonstrated data transmission speeds of 250 bits/s. Building on this technology, this research investigates leveraging the ability to control the motor transmissions to allow other vehicles to localize the position in 3-dimensional space of the vehicle with the motor that is transmitting data. Initial, calculations indicate that the system can localize the vehicle position to an accuracy of +/- 1% of the targets range. Possible applications of this technology include autonomous docking of underwater vehicles with surface vehicles and for the communication and control of swarms of underwater vehicles.
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  • Corresponding author: Mr Cronin Stephen
    Affiliation: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    Country: United States
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