Software-Defined Underwater Acoustic Modems Historical Review and the NILUS Approach

Flexible/adaptive acoustic modems that are reprogrammable/reconfigurable at all layers of the communication stack, either by a user or by means of autonomous decisions, are considered as an important enabler for interoperability and cognitive networking in the underwater domain. In this paper, we review the existing literature on software...

Protection of Marine Mammals

Within the European Defense Agency (EDA), the Protection of Marine Mammals (PoMM) project, a comprehensive common marine mammal database essential for risk mitigation tools, was established. The database, built on an extensive dataset collection with the focus on areas of operational interest for European navies, consists of annual and seasonal...

Software-defined open-architecture modems: Historical review and the NILUS approach

Flexible/adaptive modems that are reprogramma-ble/reconfigurable at all layers of the communication stack, either by a user or by means of autonomous decisions, are considered as an important enabler for interoperability and cognitive networking in the underwater domain. This paper reviews existing literature on software-defined open...

MUFASSA, a multipurpose framework to develop GUI’s for underwater acoustic modelling

Underwater acoustic modeling is used in many fields of research and development, which has resulted in a wide variety of acoustic models and applications, such as sensor performance prediction, sensor performance optimizations and acoustic impact on marine life. Many of the applications share a similar set of input parameters: bathymetry, sound...

Protection of Marine Mammals (PoMM) (abstract)

The EDA (European Defence Agency) project PoMM (Protection of Marine Mammals) is based on an agreement between the Ministries of Defence for Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The project, running for 3 years since August 2010, aims to protect marine mammals against the impact of active sonar and maintain the...

SAKAMATA: Managing the risk of sonar sound on marine mammals

SAKAMATA is a risk assessment and mitigation tool developed by TNO and used by the Royal Netherlands Navy. It supports the user in planning and carrying out active sonar operations in an environmentally responsible way. Recently, a new version has been developed, which makes it possible to quantify the number of marine mammals affected, taking...

Identification & Registration of Marine Animals (IRMA)

Knowledge about habitats and behaviour of marine animals has become more important following an increased concern that acoustic sources may have an influence on marine life. Databases containing the habitats and behaviour are being filled all over the world. However, at present marine mammal watchers do not have appropriate tools to support the...