OPTICAL LINK MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A system to manage an optical link in free-space to communicate data via an aqueous medium, comprising:
- a first link manager agent of a device to;
transmit, through the aqueous medium, to a second link manager agent of a seismic data acquisition device, a first optical transmission at a first output level, the first optical transmission comprising a first packet corresponding to a network protocol, the network protocol comprising at least one of a user datagram protocol (UDP) and a transmission control protocol (TCP);
determine that the second link manager agent failed to receive the first packet via the first optical transmission;
transmit, responsive to failure of the first optical transmission, a second optical transmission at a second output level different than the first output level, the second optical transmission comprising a second packet corresponding to the network protocol;
identify that the second packet was successfully received by the second link manager agent;
establish, responsive to the identification that the second packet was successfully received, the second output level as a transmission output level for the device; and
determine a distance between the device and the seismic data acquisition device based on a phase error in one or more optical signals encoded with a repetitive signal.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides optical link management in a marine seismic environment. A first device can transmit, to a second device, a first optical transmission at a first output level. The first optical transmission can include a first packet corresponding to a network protocol. The first device can determine that the second device failed to receive the first packet via the first optical transmission. The first device can transmit, responsive to failure of the first optical transmission, a second optical transmission at a second output level different than the first output level. The second optical transmission can include a second packet corresponding to the network protocol. The first device can identify that the second packet was successfully received by the second link manager agent. The first device can establish, responsive to the identification that the second packet was successfully received, the second output level as a transmission output level for the first device.
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23 Claims
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1. A system to manage an optical link in free-space to communicate data via an aqueous medium, comprising:
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a first link manager agent of a device to; transmit, through the aqueous medium, to a second link manager agent of a seismic data acquisition device, a first optical transmission at a first output level, the first optical transmission comprising a first packet corresponding to a network protocol, the network protocol comprising at least one of a user datagram protocol (UDP) and a transmission control protocol (TCP); determine that the second link manager agent failed to receive the first packet via the first optical transmission; transmit, responsive to failure of the first optical transmission, a second optical transmission at a second output level different than the first output level, the second optical transmission comprising a second packet corresponding to the network protocol; identify that the second packet was successfully received by the second link manager agent; establish, responsive to the identification that the second packet was successfully received, the second output level as a transmission output level for the device; and determine a distance between the device and the seismic data acquisition device based on a phase error in one or more optical signals encoded with a repetitive signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15)
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16. A method of managing an optical link in free-space to communicate data via an aqueous medium, comprising:
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transmitting, by a first link manager agent of a device through the aqueous medium, to a second link manager agent of a seismic data acquisition device, a first optical transmission at a first output level, the first optical transmission comprising a first packet corresponding to a network protocol, the network protocol comprising at least one of a user datagram protocol (UDP) and a transmission control protocol (TCP); determining, by the first link manager agent, that the second link manager agent failed to receive the first packet via the first optical transmission; transmitting, by the first link manager agent responsive to failure of the first optical transmission, a second optical transmission at a second output level different than the first output level, the second optical transmission comprising a second packet corresponding to the network protocol; identifying, by the first link manager agent, that the second packet was successfully received by the second link manager agent; establishing, by the first link manager agent responsive to determining that the second packet was successfully received, the second output level as a transmitting output level for the device; and determining a distance between the device and the seismic data acquisition device based on a phase error in one or more optical signals encoded with a repetitive signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of managing an optical link in free-space to communicate data via an aqueous medium, comprising:
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identifying, by a first link manager agent of a device, an optical link established in free-space through the aqueous medium with a first output level between the device and a second link manager agent of a seismic data acquisition device; transmitting, by the first link manager agent, to the second link manager agent of the seismic data acquisition device, a first optical transmission at a first output level, the first optical transmission comprising a first packet corresponding to a network protocol, the network protocol comprising at least one of a user datagram protocol (UDP) and a transmission control protocol (TCP); determining, by the first link manager agent, that the second link manager agent failed to receive the first packet via the first optical transmission; transmitting, by the first link manager agent responsive to failure of the first optical transmission, a second optical signal at a second output level different than the first output level, the second optical transmission comprising a second packet corresponding to the network protocol; identifying, by the first link manager agent, that the second packet was successfully received by the second link manager agent; adjusting, by the first link manager agent responsive to a determination of successful receipt of the second packet, the optical link to use the second output level for optical transmissions between the device and the seismic data acquisition device; and determining a distance between the device and the seismic data acquisition device based on a phase error in one or more optical signals encoded with a repetitive signal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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