AquaOptical: A lightweight device for high-rate long-range underwater point-to-point communication

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Doniec, Marek ^a   Detweiler, Carrick ^a   Vasilescu, Iuliu ^a   Chitre, Mandar ^b   Hoffmann Kuhnt, Matthias ^b   Rus, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Optical communication; Underwater; Wireless

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; RADIO;

DATA RATES; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES; LIGHTWEIGHT DEVICES; LONG RANGE SYSTEMS; OCEAN EXPERIMENT; POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATION; UNDERWATER; UNDERWATER OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

HARDWARE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; SOFTWARE; TRADE-OFF; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77957105932     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.44.4.6     Document Type: Article

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