Software-defined open-architecture modems: Historical review and the NILUS approach

2014 Underwater Communications and Networking, UComms 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dol, Henry ^a   Casari, Paolo ^b   Van Der Zwan, Timo ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic channel; Open architecture; Software defined modems; Underwater communications

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC CHANNELS; AUTONOMOUS DECISION; COGNITIVE NETWORKINGS; COMMUNICATION STACKS; DEFENSE CO-OPERATION; HISTORICAL REVIEW; OPEN ARCHITECTURE; UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION;

MODEMS;

EID: 84988286472     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UComms.2014.7017154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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