WO2006110168B1 - Extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system - Google Patents

Extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system

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WO2006110168B1
WO2006110168B1 PCT/US2005/032451 US2005032451W WO2006110168B1 WO 2006110168 B1 WO2006110168 B1 WO 2006110168B1 US 2005032451 W US2005032451 W US 2005032451W WO 2006110168 B1 WO2006110168 B1 WO 2006110168B1
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Prior art keywords
spar buoy
antenna
configuration
communication system
extended
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PCT/US2005/032451
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French (fr)
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WO2006110168A2 (en
WO2006110168A3 (en
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Angelo M Puzella
Thomas C Smith
Yueh-Chi Chang
Brian D Lamont
Amico Mario D
Leon Wardle
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Raytheon Co
Angelo M Puzella
Thomas C Smith
Yueh-Chi Chang
Brian D Lamont
Amico Mario D
Leon Wardle
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Priority to JP2007556130A priority Critical patent/JP4339384B2/en
Priority to EP05857814.7A priority patent/EP1848628B1/en
Priority to CA002592376A priority patent/CA2592376C/en
Publication of WO2006110168A2 publication Critical patent/WO2006110168A2/en
Publication of WO2006110168A3 publication Critical patent/WO2006110168A3/en
Publication of WO2006110168B1 publication Critical patent/WO2006110168B1/en

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/02—Details
    • H04L12/12—Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B22/00—Buoys
    • B63B22/24—Buoys container type, i.e. having provision for the storage of material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B22/00—Buoys
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/04—Adaptation for subterranean or subaqueous use
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/08—Means for collapsing antennas or parts thereof
    • H01Q1/10—Telescopic elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/1235—Collapsible supports; Means for erecting a rigid antenna
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/18—Means for stabilising antennas on an unstable platform
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
    • H01Q1/34—Adaptation for use in or on ships, submarines, buoys or torpedoes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B1/00—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils
    • B63B1/02—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement
    • B63B1/04—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with single hull
    • B63B1/048—Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving lift mainly from water displacement with single hull with hull extending principally vertically
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B7/00—Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels
    • B63B2007/006—Collapsible, foldable, inflatable or like vessels comprising nestable elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B2203/00—Communication means

Abstract

An extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system includes a spar buoy having a retracted configuration deployable from an underwater vessel and an extended configuration after deployment, and a communication subsystem mounted to the top of the spar buoy and supported thereby.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 13 April 2007 (13.04.07)
1. An extendable spar buoy sea-based communicati on system comprising: a spar buoy including telescoping sections and having a retracted configuration deployable from an underwater vessel and an extended configuration after deployment; and a communication subsystem mounted to the top of the spar buoy and supported thereby.
2. The communication system of claim 1 in which the telescoping sections include at least first, second and third concentric sections.
3. The communication system of claim 2 in which the spar buoy in the extended configuration includes the first section extending as much as fifteen feet or more above water.
4. The communication system of claim 2 in which the second section includes a foam flotation portion.
5. The communication system of claim 2 in which the third section includes an air source, a battery pack, and a cable pack.
6. The communication system of claim I in which the spar buoy includes an aluminum outer skin.
7. The communication system of claim 1 in which the spar buoy in the retracted configuration is less than 15 feet long and less than 2 feet in diameter.
8. The communication system of claim 1 in which the spar buoy in the retracted configuration is IQ feet long and 20 inches in diameter.
9. The communication system of claim 1 in which the spar buoy in the retracted configuration fits within submarine torpedo or missile launch tubes.
10. The communication system of claim 7 in which the spar buoy in the extended configuration is greater than 40 feet long,
11. The communication system of claim 8 in which the spar buoy in the extended configuration is 60 feet long.
12. The communication system of claim 1 in which the communication subsystem has a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an extended configuration on top of the spar buoy after the spar buoy is extended.
13. The communication system of claim 1 in which the communication subsystem includes a sensor having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an extended configuration on the top of the spar buoy after the spar buoy is extended.
14. The communication system of claim 13 in which the spar buoy in the retracted configuration includes the gensor in the compact configuration.
15. The communication system of claim 14 in which the sensor is an antenna configured to receive anchor transmit data.
16. The communication system of claim 15 in which the communication subsystem includes a radome having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an expanded configuration on the top of the spar buoy and about the antenna when the antenna is extended.
17. The communication system of claim 16 in which the spar buoy in the retracted configuration includes the radome in the compact configuration.
18. The communication system of claim 17 in which the radome is a reduced Radar Cross Section (RCS) radome.
19. The communication system of claim 17 further including an antenna positioning subsystem for positioning the antenna,.
20. The communication system of claim 19 in which the antenna positioning subsystem includes a deployment control subsystem.
21. The communication system of claim 20 in which the antenna positioning subsystem includes a pedestal positioning subsystem for positioning and pointing the antenna.
22. The communication system of ctøim 21 further including a down- converter and a low noise block (LNP) pτe-amρlifϊer for down-converting satellite signals to intermediate frequency (IF) signals.
23. The communication system of claim 22 further including an upconverter and a transmit amplifier for providing transmission capability of frequencies up to 45 GHZ.
24. The communication system of claim 23 further including an electronic subsystem for detecting the position of the antenna,.
25. The communication system of claim 24 further including a tracking antenna control subsystem for tracking a satellite.
26. The communication system of claiin 1 further including a communication link between the spar buoy and the underwater vessel,
27. The communication system of claim 26 in which the communication link includes optical fiber.
28. The communication system of claim 27 in which the optical fiber is a fiber optic microcable.
29. The communication system of claim 27 in which the optical fiber is a low-cost buffered fiber.
30. The communication system of claim 27 further including a spool of optical fiber on the spar buoy.
31. The communication system of claim 27 further including a spool of optical fiber on the underwater vessel.
32. The communication system of claim 27 further including a spool of optical fiber on the spar buoy and a spool of optical fiber on the underwater vessel.
33. The communication system of claim 1 in which the underwater vessel is a submarine.
34. An extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system comprising: a spar buoy having a retracted configuration deployable from a firing tube in an underwater vessel, and an extended configuration including a lengthy section above water after deployment; an antenna having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an extended configuration on the top of the spar buoy after the spar buoy is extended; and a radome having a cqmpact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an expanded configuration on the top of the spar buoy and about the antenna when the antenna is extended.
35. An extendable spar buoy sea-based, communication system comprising: a spar buoy including concentric telescoping sections and having a retracted configuration deployable from an underwater vessel and an extended configuration after deployment; an antenna having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an extended configuration on the top of the spar buoy after the spar buoy is extended; a radome having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an expanded configuration on the top of the spar buoy and about the antenna when the antenna is extended; a communication link between the spar buoy and the underwater vessel; and an antenna positioning subsystem for positioning the antenna.
36. An extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system comprising: a spar buoy including telescoping sections and having a retracted configuration deployable from an underwater vessel and an extended configuration after deployment; an antenna having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an extended configuration on the top of the spar buoy after the spar buoy is extended; a radome having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an expanded configuration on the top of the spar buoy and about the antenna when the antenna is extended; and an optical fiber communication linl? between the spar buoy and the underwater vessel,
37. An extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system comprising: a spar buoy including telescoping sections and having a retracted configuration deployable from an underwater vesspl and an extended configuration after deployment; a communication subsystem mounted to the top of the spar buoy and supported thereby; and an optical fiber communication link between the spar buoy and the underwater vessel.
38. A method for establishing sea-based communication to and from an underwater vessel comprising: deploying from the underwater vessel an extendable spar buoy including telescoping sections and having a retracted configuration before deployment and an extended configuration after deployment, the spar buoy including a communication subsystem mounted to the top of the spar buoy and supported thereby and having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an extended configuration on the top of the spar buoy after the spar buoy is extended; extending the communication, subsystem; and communicating data received by the communication subsystem to the underwater vessel and communicating data from the underwater vessel to a communication subsystem for transmission to a satellite or other receiver.
39. A method for establishing sea-based communication to and from an underwater vessel comprising; deploying from the underwater vessel an extendable spar buoy having a retracted configuration before deployment and an extended configuration after deployment, the spar buoy including an antenna having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an extended configuration on the top of the spar buoy after the spar buoy is extended, and a radome having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an expanded configuration on the top of the spar buoy and about the antenna when the antenna is extended; expanding the radome; extending the antenna; and communicating data received by the antenna to the underwater vessel and communicating data from the underwater vessel to a communication subsystem for transmission to a satellite or other receiver,
40. The method of claim 39 in which the extendable spar buoy includes telescoping sections.
41. The method of claim 40 in which tfte telescoping sections include at least first, second and third concentric sections.
42. The method of claim 41 further including extending at least fifteen feet above water said first section of said extendable spar buoy in the extended configuration.
43. The method of claim 41 further including disposing a foam flotation portion in said second section.
44. The method of claim 41 further including disposing an air source, a battery pack, and a cable pack in said third section.
45. The method of claim 39 in which the extendable spar buoy includes an aluminum outer skin.
46. The method of claim 39 in which the extendable spar buoy in the retracted configuration includes the antenna in the pompact configuration.
47. The method of claim 46 in which the extendable spar buoy in the retracted configuration includes the radome in the compact configuration.
48. The method of claim 39 in which the retracted configuration of the extendable spar buoy is less than 15 feet long and less than 2 feet in diameter.
49. The method of claim 39 in which the retracted configuration of the extendable spar buoy is 10 feet long and 20 inches in diameter.
50. The method of claim 48 in which φe extended configuration of the extendable spar buoy is greater than 40 feet long.
51. The method of claim 49 in which the extended configuration of the extendable spar buoy is 60 feet long.
52. The method of claim 47 in which the radome is a reduced Radar Cross- Section (RCS) radome.
53. The method of claim 39 further including positioning the antenna.
54. The method of claim 53 further including detecting the position of the antenna.
55. The method of claim 54 further including tracking a satellite.
56. The method of claim 39 in which communicating data includes communicating data via an optical fiber,
57. The method of claim 56 further including disposing said optical fiber about a spool on the spar buoy,
58. The method of claim 56 further including disposing said optical fiber about a spool on the underwater vessel.
59. The method of claim 56 further including disposing said optical fiber about a spool on the spar buoy and about a spool on the underwater vessel.
60. A method for establishing sea-based communication to and from an underwater vessel comprising: deploying from the underwater vessel an extendable spar buoy having telescoping sections and having a retracted configuration before deployment and an extended configuration after deployment, the spar buoy including an antenna having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an extended configuration on the top of the spar buoy after the spar buoy is extended, and a radome also having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed and an expanded configuration on the top of the spar buoy and about the antenna when the antenna is extended; expanding the radome and extending the antenna; positioning the antenna to transmit and receive data; and communicating the data received by the antenna to the underwater vessel and communicating data from the underwater vessel to a communication subsystem for transmission to a satellite or other receiver.
61. An extendable spar buoy sea-based pommuπi cation system comprising; a spar buoy having a retracted configuration deployable from an underwater vessel and an extended configuration after deployment; and a communication subsystem mounted to the top of the spar buoy and supported thereby, the communication subsystem including: an antenna configured to receive and/or transmit data having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed in the retracted configuration and initially deployed, and an extended configuration on the top of the spar buoy after the spar buoy is extended, and a radome having a compact configuration when the spar buoy is stowed and initially deployed, and an expanded configuration on the top of the spar buoy and about the antenna when the antenna is extended,
62. The communication system of claim 61 in which the spar buoy in the retracted configuration includes the radome in the compact configuration.
63. The communication system of claim 62 in which the radome is a reduced Radar Cross Section (RCS) radome.
64. The communication system of claim 62 further including an antenna positioning subsystem for positioning the antenna.
65. The communication system of claim 64 in which the antenna positioning subsystem includes a deployment control subsystem.
66. The communication system of claim 65 in which the antenna positioning subsystem includes a pedestal positioning subsystem for positioning and pointing the antenna.
67. The communication system of claim 66 further including a down- converter and a low noise block (LNB) pre-amplifϊer for down-converting satellite signals to intermediate frequency (IF) signals.
68. The communication system of claim 61 further including an upconverter and a transmit amplifier for providing transmission capability of frequencies up to 45 GHZ,
69. The communication system of claim 68 further including an electronic subsystem for detecting the position of the antenna,
70. The communication system of claim 69 further including a tracking antenna control subsystem for tracking a satellite.
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