Post on 12-Jul-2020
Covert Communications Using
Free Space Optical ModemsIoseba Tena
UDT 2019
Leading independent provider of underwater acoustic, inertial, optical and sonar technology
Introduction to Sonardyne
70+The number of
countries where
we operate
80%Percentage of
products we
export
500Mb/sThe speed we
can transfer data
subsea
10mmPositioning
accuracy of 6G
acoustic
technology
12,000mHow deep our
equipment can operate
>45The age of our
company
>275 Sonardyne
employees worldwide10,000 Transducer
manufactured
each year
156,000Total square footage
of our facilities
100%Deep water fields where
Sonardyne technology is
used
24/7Support any
time you need it
MAS
Force Multipliers
“Today we can track and communicate
across full Ocean depths.”
BlueComm
Acoustics
USBL
Sonardyne Wideband® 2
Track Exchange Data
BlueComm
Acousstics
BlueComm
AUV Communications for Data Harvesting and Control
Market leading subsea free
space optical modems
Blue light travels furthest
BlueComm
150m Max Range1-10 Mbps
450nm Centre λ
BlueComm200
2.5 Mb/s5 Mb/s10 Mb/s
150 m140 m130 m
80
m9
0 m
10
0 m
BlueComm 200
BlueComm
Combined Optical & Acoustics for Life of Field Applications
Cell Towers
Acoustic HomingWireless Real-time Control
BlueComm
Combined Optical & Acoustics for Long Endurance AUV Missions
100m
15
0m
CommsOutposts
Acoustic HomingWireless Data Harvest
BlueComm
Combined Optical & Acoustics for Connector Free Data AUV Data Upload
BlueComm
Combined Optical & Acoustics for Connector Free Data AUV Data Upload
Data Upload
Acoustic HomingWireless Data Upload
BlueComm
Combined Optical & Acoustics for Connector Free Data AUV Data Upload
If they are that close to you, the game is up!
BlueComm
BlueComm
Interference from light
1000750500250 1250
UV Visible Light
Infrared
Wavelength (nm)
Irra
dia
nce
(W
/m2/n
m)
0.5
0
1.0
1.5
625375
BlueComm 200
Options available to meet your needs
BlueComm
400nm 500nm 600nm 700nm
75m
150m
UVA
Not to actual scale
Options available to meet your needs
BlueComm
75m Max Range1-10 Mbps
405nm Centre λ
BlueComm200 UV
2.5 Mb/s5 Mb/s10 Mb/s
75 m70 m65 m
40
m4
5 m
50
m
BlueComm 200 UV
BlueComm
Combined Optical & Acoustics for Connector Free Data AUV Data Upload
Depth = Covert
150m
75m
BlueComm
Combined Optical & Acoustics for Connector Free Data AUV Data Upload
TOTAL/Ifremer Vortex Vehicle > Mediterranean – Night Operations
Baltic sea is not very deep
459m
Average depth: 55m
Author: Nzeemin, NordNordWest,
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
BlueComm
BlueComm
Combined Optical & Acoustics for Connector Free Data AUV Data Upload
Geometry
75m
75m
Field proven UV technology
BlueComm
Field proven UV technology
BlueComm
Picture Courtesy of Nekton Foundation
Thank you for your time today
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