Radio-controlled two way acoustic modem

A radio-controlled, two-way acoustic modem for providing data to a distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) system, the modem comprising:

• circuitry configured to
• receive, via a radio interface, wireless radio signals including configuration information for the acoustic modem, wherein the wireless radio signals including the configuration information originate from a remote controller;
• process the received wireless radio signals including the configuration information to modify operating parameters for the acoustic modem in accordance with the processed wireless radio signals including the configuration information;
• and
• in response to said modifying the operating parameters, cause n vibrators that are communicatively coupled to the circuitry and physically mounted at n different locations along an optical sensor fiber of the DFOS system to generate physical vibrations in accordance with the operating parameters wherein the physical vibrations encode sensor data for transmission to an interrogator of the DFOS system;
• wherein the generated physical vibrations are subsequently detected by the interrogator of the DFOS system to recover the encoded sensor data.