Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) based underwater communications network including short-range navigation device and related methods
US11958580B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 12, 2020 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S5/16
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An underwater communications network may include spaced apart nodes on a bottom of a body of water. The underwater communications network may also include fiber optic cabling connecting the spaced apart nodes. Each node may include a frame, a node short-range navigation device carried by the frame, and an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) carried by the frame after delivering a fiber optic cable along a navigation path from an adjacent node. The UUV may be configured to cooperate with the node short-range navigation device during an end portion of the navigation path adjacent the frame.
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