HIGH SPEED DOWNHOLE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK HAVING POINT TO MULTI-POINT ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING

摘要

A method and related apparatus for high speed digital data communications from multiple distributed modems to a single central modem (122) or a common transmission medium (80). In one embodiment, multiple downhole modems (130A, 130B, 130C), with each modem associated with a geophone (128A, 128B, 128C), transmit data to a surface modem over a single transmission medium. In a second embodiment, multiple transmission mediums are used and a plurality of downhole modems associated with geophones communicate to the surface modem over the down hole modem's respective transmission medium.