WHOI Receives Issued Patent for Advanced Time Synchronization and Range Estimation in Underwater Systems

By atoomajian | March 7, 2025

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has received a patent for an improved method for enabling precise range estimation and time synchronization for underwater systems (US Patent No. 12,058,635). This new capability can significantly improve the performance of submerged systems, including underwater sensors used for earthquake monitoring and autonomous underwater vehicles. Retrieving high-quality data from the…