"In a research project, sponsored by the EU, an infrastructure of sensors is built at the sea floor," Erland Sangfelt, underwater expert at FOI, explains. "The object is to monitor environmental changes in the sea, receive advance warnings of earthquakes, follow underwater weather patterns and especially explore for oil and gas. Wireless communications has played an important role in these research areas."
Up to now, echoes have created problems in underwater communications. These echoes, which can be compared to an echo in a cathedral, have limited the data rate in underwater transmission. Researchers at FOI now have developed the technology further and discovered a way to reduce the effects of echoes. The research results are not secret and the technology could be employed already today.