Patent 9294201 was granted and assigned to WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION on March, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An underwater system including at least one input device that is in sensory communication with water and generates input signals. The system further includes at least one optical transmitter and at least one optical receiver that allow omni-directional transmission and reception through water of optical signals representing the input signals, and allow data rates greater than 1 Mbps.