Stop, collaborate and listen: the technologies enabling underwater naval communications
Allied navies have different languages, traditions, vessels, and strategies. Yet, if they share the same technology, it is possible for these fleets of divers, autonomous underwater vehicles and submarines to also share intelligence and data.
Professor @ NTNU | IEEE & MTS Fellow | International Fellow of The Explorers Club
3 年Good to hear more and more voices singing the same tune of inter-operability and hybrid, adaptive UW comms. But to point out that JANUS is not a good tactical acoustic communication solution is missing the point. It was never intended to provide security or low probability of detection/interception by hostile agents. The adoption of JANUS as a ‘first contact’ handshake protocol, supporting subsequent hand-off to other waveforms and protocols, is likely not by accident, but because this was one of the key applications it was designed for.? As such, it lays the first foundational brick on which many other interoperable solutions can and will, be built.
Principal Scientist / Programme Manager at NATO STO-CMRE - Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation
3 年Great to see more people embracing the need for open standards. Great also to see the UK stance is a collaborative one. JANUS was always very carefully thought to not shadow commercial innovation and new waveforms. Much more than a protocol, JANUS is supposed to be an enabler for us all to work together. This is a task that should not be tackled by a single entity.
CPO and Co-founder at ZPARQ AB
3 年Elias Strandell Erstorp detta som vi snackade om!
wow! isn't that so incredible!
Innovation Analyst, Executive Advisor, Venture Mentor focused on the Communications Ecosystem (6G and beyond), IoT, Smart City, Smart Home, etc.
3 年Great read. Underwater commerical applications need international standards too!