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December 1, 2009

Hans-Werner Braun prepares to deploy a sensor-equipped autonomous underwater vehicle into a stream.

University of California at San Diego networking researcher Hans-Werner Braun prepares to deploy a sensor-equipped autonomous underwater vehicle into a stream. The vehicle will transmit data from the remote location to researchers off-site using the wireless backbone of the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN).

Credit: HPWREN


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