Location and monitoring of undersea cables
Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000
United States of America Patent
Stats
-
Oct 3, 2017
Issued Date -
N/A
app pub date -
Dec 20, 2012
filing date -
Dec 23, 2011
priority date (Note) -
In Force
status (Latency Note)
Importance
Abstract
The present application described methods an apparatus for locating and/or monitoring subsea cables (101) having an optical fibre (105) deployed along its length. The optical fibre (105) is connected to a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) interrogator unit to interrogate the optical fibre to provide a fibre optic DAS sensor. To locate the cable an acoustic stimulus is transmitted into the water from one or more known locations. The time of arrival of an acoustic signal matching the stimulus at the sensing portions of the DAS fibre can be detected and used to determine information about the location of those sensing portions to the known location. The DAS signals returns can also be monitored under ambient conditions to detect any signals indicative of likely damage to the cable.
First Claim
Family
International Classification(s)
Cited Art Landscape
Patent Citation Ranking
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Recipient Email Address
Recipient Email Address
Comment
Recipient Email Address
Add to Portfolio(s)
To add this patent to one, or more, of your portfolios, simply click the add button.
This Patent is in these Portfolios:
Add to additional portfolios:
Last Refreshed On:
Changes done successfully