Functional quantization based data compression in seismic acquisition

A method for data compression of reflected seismic waveforms received from seismic sensors, comprising

• generating, by a seismic generator, at least one seismic wave into a geological formation;
• receiving, a plurality of seismic receivers, seismic waveforms reflected from discontinuities in the geologic formation;
• collecting, by a recorder connected to the seismic receivers, the seismic waveforms and generating n seismic traces xn, where n=1, 2, . . . , n;
• receiving, by a controller connected to the recorder, the seismic traces;
• compressing, by a processor connected to the controller, the seismic traces, wherein the processor compresses each seismic trace by applying each seismic trace to an automatic gain controller, AGC, a classifier and a functional quantizer and generating, for each seismic trace, a class index in, and a quantization vector index un;
• generating, by the AGC, a gain value for each trace;
• encoding, by a gain value encoder connected to the AGC, an encoded gain value, g, for each trace;
• transmitting, by the controller, each encoded gain value, g, class index in, and quantization vector index un to a network controller;
• and
• transmitting, with an antenna connected to the network controller, each encoded gain value g, class index in, and quantization vector index un of the compressed trace to a decoder for reconstruction of each reflected seismic waveform.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform a method for data compression of reflected seismic waveforms received from seismic sensors, comprising:

• generating, by a seismic generator, at least one seismic wave into a geological formation;
• receiving, a plurality of seismic receivers, seismic waveforms reflected from discontinuities in the geologic formation;
• collecting, by a recorder connected to the seismic receivers, the seismic waveforms and generating n seismic traces xn, where n=1, 2, . . . , n;
• receiving, by a controller connected to the recorder, the seismic traces;
• compressing, by a processor connected to the controller, the seismic traces, wherein the processor compresses each seismic trace by applying each seismic trace to an automatic gain controller, AGC, a classifier and a functional quantizer and generating, for each seismic trace, a class index, and a quantization vector index;
• generating, by the AGC, a gain value for each trace;
• encoding, by a gain value encoder connected to the AGC, an encoded gain value, g, for each trace;
• transmitting, by the controller, each encoded gain value, g, class index in, and quantization vector index un to a network controller;
• and
• transmitting, with an antenna connected to the network controller, each encoded gain value g, class index in, and quantization vector index un of the compressed trace to a decoder for reconstruction of each reflected seismic waveform.