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DETERMINING THE INLINE RELATIONSHIP OF NETWORK NODES IN A SUBTERRANEAN SURVEY DATA ACQUISTION NETWORK

  • US 20100172207A1
  • Filed: 01/07/2009
  • Published: 07/08/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method usable with a subterranean survey data acquisition network having first nodes distributed along a length of the network between a first end of the network and a second end of the network, and each of the first nodes capable of being either in a state in which the first node is transparent to the network or in a state in which the first node is visible to the network, the method comprising:

  • communicating with the closest visible first node relative to the first end; and

    based on the communication, determining whether the closest visible first node is the closest first node of all of the first nodes relative to the first end.

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