I-Corps: Reliable and Low-Cost Transceiver for Underwater Wireless Communications and Networks

I-Corps：用于水下无线通信和网络的可靠且低成本的收发器

基本信息

批准号：
1643399
负责人：
Yahong Zheng
金额：
$ 5万
依托单位：
Missouri University of Science and Technology
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2016-08-01 至 2018-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1643399&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Corps Reliable Low Cost Transceiver

项目摘要

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is in underwater wireless communications and wireless sensor networks. The innovative underwater wireless communication technology is highly desirable for enabling real-time wireless sensing and data communication. The reduced cost and improved reliability will enable wide-spread applications of underwater wireless communication system and will greatly enhance the capability of ocean big data acquisition and underwater infrastructure monitoring. The commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the successful technology transfer to field products, which in turn can make huge impact on ocean instrumentation, offshore environmental observation, infrastructure (bridge, oil pipe, river bank, levee) monitoring, subsea oil drilling, fishing industry, diver communications, underwater mine operation, and coastal surveillance with torpedoes, underwater robots, and unmanned underwater vehicles.This I-Corps project aims at developing a business plan for transferring the innovative underwater wireless communication technology into field products. The hostile ocean/river/lake environment imposes tremendous challenges for underwater wireless communications. Currently, the available acoustic transceivers are mainly second-generation technologies developed in 1990s, which suffer from either high cost or low robustness against changing environment. The innovative Turbo equalization algorithms for single-carrier modulation acoustic communications exhibit high reliability, high performance, and low hardware cost, and have been recognized as the third generation technology in underwater wireless communications. This I-Corps project will focus on three major tasks: 1) identify the value proposition, 2) analyze the revenue streams by discovering customer segments, revenue channels, and customer relationships, and 3) analyzing cost structure by studying key activities, key resources, and key partners. The goal of this project is to help transferring this underwater wireless technology into field products that exhibit low cost and high reliability.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是在水下无线通信和无线传感器网络中。创新的水下无线通信技术非常需要实时无线传感和数据通信。降低的成本和提高的可靠性将实现水下无线通信系统的广泛应用，并将大大提高海洋大数据获取和水下基础设施监控的能力。该I-Corps项目的商业潜力是成功转移到现场产品的技术转移，反过来可能对海洋仪器，离岸环境观察，基础设施，基础设施（桥梁，油管，河流，河流，堤岸，堤防）监测，海底油钻探，钓鱼行业，潜水员通信，潜水员通信，水下矿山运营，以及与托马斯特的沿海地区，以及Inderwater Manned Aimness interpers，Inderswater Manned Aimnection，Intermanned Manned Mannect。制定业务计划，将创新的水下无线通信技术转移到现场产品中。敌对的海洋/河流/湖泊环境对水下无线通信构成了巨大的挑战。目前，可用的声学收发器主要是在1990年代开发的第二代技术，它们的成本高或低鲁棒性在不断变化的环境中。单载波调制声通信的创新涡轮均衡算法表现出高可靠性，高性能和低硬件成本，并且已被认为是水下无线通信中的第三代技术。这个I-Corps项目将重点关注三个主要任务：1）确定价值主张，2）通过发现客户群，收入渠道和客户关系来分析收入来源，以及3）通过研究关键活动，关键资源和关键合作伙伴来分析成本结构。该项目的目的是帮助将这项水下无线技术转移到表现低成本和高可靠性的现场产品中。