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Seismic acquisition system

  • US 7,573,782 B2
  • Filed: 11/21/2003
  • Issued: 08/11/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A seismic survey system, comprising:

  • a plurality of transmitters;

    a plurality of data sources positioned about an area to be surveyed, each data source, when in operation, communicating with one of the transmitters that, when in operation, transmits data from the data sources;

    a plurality of cells each containing a portion of the data sources and the transmitters with which they communicate, one of the transmitters within each cell also serving as a gateway during operation for receiving data transmitted from the other data source transmitters within the cell and transmitting the data collected within the cell; and

    a plurality of independent pathways, each independent pathway containing a least one gateway through which data is transmitted during operation along each pathway via at least one gateway in that pathway without consolidation of data.

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