Seismic acquisition system using wireless telemetry
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1. A method of conducting a seismic survey, wherein a multiplicity of geophone units are positioned in an array across a terrain of interest, said terrain being divided into cells each of which contains a plurality of said geophone units and a cell access node;
- a series of seismic signals is generated to produce seismic data collected by said geophone units;
the data for each of said geophone units is stored in digital form at said geophone unit; and
said data is transferred, at the same time or at a later time, to its respective cell access node in digital form by wireless telemetry at a frequency which is common to all geophone units in that cell, and is transferred from each cell access node to a central location by radio, by cable, or by fibre optic link.
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A seismic acquisition system divides a survey terrain into a number of cells (14) each containing a cell access node (16) and a number of geophone units (10). The geophone units (10) transmit data in digital form to the respective cell access node (16) by wireless telemetry, and the cell access nodes (16) forward the data to a central control (12) by broadband channels.
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1. A method of conducting a seismic survey, wherein a multiplicity of geophone units are positioned in an array across a terrain of interest, said terrain being divided into cells each of which contains a plurality of said geophone units and a cell access node;
- a series of seismic signals is generated to produce seismic data collected by said geophone units;
the data for each of said geophone units is stored in digital form at said geophone unit; and
said data is transferred, at the same time or at a later time, to its respective cell access node in digital form by wireless telemetry at a frequency which is common to all geophone units in that cell, and is transferred from each cell access node to a central location by radio, by cable, or by fibre optic link.
- a series of seismic signals is generated to produce seismic data collected by said geophone units;
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2. A seismic acquisition system comprising:
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a central control unit;
a multiplicity of geophone units arranged in an array across a survey terrain;
said survey terrain being divided into a number of cells, each of which contains a plurality of said geophone units and a cell access node;
each of said geophone units comprising means for deriving digital data representative of seismic movement of the earth'"'"'s surface at the geophone location, and further comprising wireless telemetry means adapted to receive command signals from the central control unit via the respective cell access node and to transmit said digital data on demand to the respective cell access node for onward transmission to the central control unit;
and in which said plurality of geophone units within a given cell communicate with said cell access node using said wireless telemetry at a given frequency, different frequencies are used in adjacent cells, and each frequency is used in a number of non adjacent cells across the terrain.
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3. A seismic acquisition system comprising:
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a central control unit;
a multiplicity of geophone units arranged in an array across a survey terrain;
said survey terrain being divided into a number of cells, each of which contains a plurality of said geophone units and a cell access node;
each of said geophone units comprising means for deriving digital data representative of seismic movement of the earth'"'"'s surface at the geophone location, and further comprising wireless telemetry means adapted to receive command signals from the central control unit via the respective cell access node and to transmit said digital data on demand to the respective cell access node at a frequency which is common to all geophone units in that cell for onward transmission to the central control unit;
and in which each of the geophone units includes a preamplifier and preamplifier controls means, the preamplifier control means being operable to control at least one parameter of the preamplifier selected from gain and an operating time window, said parameter being controlled as a function of at least one second parameter selected from (a) the location of the seismic source being monitored, and (b) time.
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4. A seismic acquisition system comprising a multiplicity of geophone units arranged in an array across a survey terrain;
- wherein each said geophone unit comprises means for deriving digital data representative of seismic movement of the earth'"'"'s surface at the geophone location;
wherein each of said geophone units further comprises wireless telemetry means adapted to receive command signals from a central control and to transmit said digital data on demand, the transmitted digital data passing to said central control by a communication channel which is at least partially wireless; and
wherein said survey terrain is divided into a number of cells each of which contains a plurality of geophone units and a cell access node, the geophone units in each cell communicating with the respective cell access node by wireless telemetry using a single frequency per cell, and the cell access nodes communicating with the central control. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- wherein each said geophone unit comprises means for deriving digital data representative of seismic movement of the earth'"'"'s surface at the geophone location;
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