About Phorcys

Phorcys is an open underwater acoustic communication standard designed for secure, interoperable communication between compatible autonomous underwater vehicles, subsea sensors, and other underwater equipment.

The Phorcys standard is an open, secure underwater acoustic communication protocol designed to allow different manufacturers' autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and subsea sensors to communicate securely without compromising operational security or relying on proprietary vendor technology. With a focus on reliability and interoperability, the Phorcys standard enables compatibility between various underwater equipment, while ensuring data only gets to the desired listener, and no one else.

This section covers:

• Phorcys messages, including transmission commands and receive-header behavior
• Phorcys system variables that can be queried or set at runtime
• Short Payload waveform specifications
• Long Payload waveform specifications