(WO) – Equinor and Hydromea have efficiently demonstrated real-time wi-fi knowledge transmission from the seabed on to cloud infrastructure, marking a brand new milestone in subsea digital connectivity and offshore asset monitoring.
The demonstration used Hydromea’s LUMA free-space optical communication gadgets, which transmitted high-volume knowledge collected on the ocean flooring by way of a wi-fi subsea community and into Equinor’s cloud-based DEEPNET infrastructure. The take a look at confirmed that subsea sensors and autonomous automobiles can transmit operational knowledge in actual time with out counting on conventional umbilicals or cabled techniques.
Hydromea’s LUMA platform makes use of high-speed optical communication expertise able to transmitting knowledge at speeds of as much as 10 Mbps at water depths of as much as 6,000 meters. The system is designed to assist wi-fi subsea networks for monitoring infrastructure, gathering sensor knowledge and enabling communication with underwater drones.
In response to the businesses, the power to stream subsea knowledge on to cloud-based techniques may assist operators enhance asset integrity monitoring and scale back reliance on vessels for inspection and knowledge retrieval.
The businesses mentioned the demonstration additionally helps the broader growth of autonomous subsea operations. Equinor has been working to determine standardized docking and communication infrastructure for subsea drones and intervention automobiles as a part of efforts to create a extra interoperable subsea ecosystem throughout offshore vitality operations.