Mission
    - Goals

Research
    - Current Focus
    - Designs
    - Formal Proposal

Team Members
    - Students
    - Advisors

Links
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Research:

 - Investigating the possibility of laying fiber optic cable from the shore out to our research facility along the bottom of the ocean floor. 

 - Researching sonar positioning systems in an effort to create a sort of "underwater GPS" via a network of sonar transponders.

 - Looking into how we might accurately map the ocean floor around the station in order to provide better navigation data to the vehicles.

 - Reading up on computer networking technology for use inside the habitat. Current plans include a star-network topology with a central server located in the control room. Workstations would be located in the labs for data processing and computational work. Terminals would be located in the crew quarters.

Design Sketches:
 
 

Formal Proposal:

Atlantis 2, Team 10 - Communications

     I. Habitat-to-Land Link
           a. Location of island base
               i. location of base
               ii. location of habitat
               iii. relative distance betw.
               iv. national info, weather data about island.
           b. General plan
               i. fiber optic backbone from habitat --> island
               ii. satellite connection or RF from island to Internet
               iii. bandwidth of connection, why chosen.
           c. fiber optic technology
               i. basic overview
               ii. which tech chosen and why.

     II. Intra-habitat Communication
           a. Simple computer network
               i. basic sketch or layout
               ii. extended star topology, ethernet network.
               iii. 100Mbps CAT5 UTP cabling
               iv. approx. # of workstations, servers
               v. relation to incoming data from vehicles, cameras, sensors.
           b. voice over network for audio communication (or intercom ?)

     III. Habitat to Vehicle Communication
           a. acoustic modems
               i. specs on model(s) chosen
               ii. compare to other technology
               iii. approx. cost (?)
           b. general design
               i. picture
               ii. describe intercommunication of all units

     IV. Undersea Mapping
           a. purpose
               i. provide robotics and vehicles w/ map of seafloor for nav.
           b. how to accomplish
               i. ROV via sonar
               ii. regular updates on monthly basis.
           c. how it will be utilized
               i. outfit vehicles with floor-looking sonar that can compare data with info. from the map for navigation.
 
 

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