Methods and apparatus for downhole inter-tool communication
US7193525B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/52
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for communicating between downhole tools without the necessity of routing the communication through a surface module. Communications sent by downhole tools are examined and extracted downhole. If the communications are intended for other downhole tools, the communications are copied to a downlink and send to a specific intended tool, a group of tools, or all the tools. This is all done downhole, significantly reducing the latency between command and response.
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