OFDM for Underwater Acoustic Communications

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

3-24-2014

Department

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abstract

A blend of introductory material and advanced signal processing and communication techniques, of critical importance to underwater system and network development. This book, which is the first to describe the processing techniques central to underwater OFDM, is arranged into four distinct sections: First, it describes the characteristics of underwater acoustic channels, and stresses the difference from wireless radio channels. Then it goes over the basics of OFDM and channel coding. The second part starts with an overview of the OFDM receiver, and develops various modules for the receiver design in systems with single or multiple transmitters. This is the main body of the book. Extensive experimental data sets are used to verify the receiver performance. In the third part, the authors discuss applications of the OFDM receiver in i) deep water channels, which may contain very long separated multipath clusters, ii) interference-rich environments, where an unintentional interference such as Sonar will be present, and iii) a network with multiple users where both non-cooperative and cooperative underwater communications are developed. Lastly, it describes the development of a positioning system with OFDM waveforms, and the progress on the OFDM modem development. Closely related industries include the development and manufacturing of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and scientific sensory equipment. AUVs and sensors in the future could integrate modems, based on the OFDM technology described in this book.

Publisher's Statement

© 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. All rights reserved. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118693865

Publication Title

OFDM for Underwater Acoustic Communications

ISBN

9781118458860

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