Methods and systems for telemetry over a drill string using concurrent acoustic sub-bands
US9963965B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 2016 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L1/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for transmitting data in a frequency selective communication channel in provided. The method comprises: parsing data to be transmitted into a plurality of data fields; assigning the data from each data field into a corresponding one of a plurality of sub-channels; modulating the data from each of the plurality of sub-channels into a corresponding one of a plurality of sub-bands, the plurality of sub-bands having spaced apart center frequencies; and concurrently transmitting the data from the plurality of sub-bands onto the channel.
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