A versatile acoustic beacon for navigation and remote tracking of multiple underwater vehicles

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2001

Authors

Nuno Cruz (Author) FEUP; Luís Madureira (Author) Other; Aníbal Matos (Author) FEUP; Fernando Lobo Pereira (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: OCEANS 2001 MTS/IEEE: AN OCEAN ODYSSEY, VOLS 1-4, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Pages: 1829-1834

Annual Conference of the Marine-Technology-Society

HONOLULU, HI, NOV 05-08, 2001

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Control engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-XKR

DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2001.968124

Abstract (EN): In this paper, we present a low-cost versatile device developed to support the navigation of autonomous underwater vehicles. Unlike the usual transponders extensively used for LBL acoustic navigation of a single vehicle, this device allows the navigation of multiple vehicles and the remote tracking of their positions, without any extra acoustic signals being transmitted. The navigation beacon has a radio buoy connected to an underwater reconfigurable multi-frequency transponder. A remote tracking station receives data from the buoy and monitors the position of the vehicles in real time. We describe the mechanical, electronic and software modules involved, as well as the tracking algorithm, and we also present experimental data from an operational mission.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6