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High-Speed Underwater Acoustic Communications

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Underwater acoustic communications are a rapidly growing field of research and engineering, driven by the expansion of applications which require underwater data transmission without wired connections. In this chapter, we explore the problems of underwater acoustic communications in three parts. The first part presents an overview of modern applications in underwater data transmission and today’s achievements in this area. System requirements are reviewed, and propagation characteristics of underwater acoustic channels are given. It is shown that the majority of underwater acoustic channels are severely band-limited, with signal distortions depending on the link configuration, and ranging from benign to extreme ones caused by time-varying multipath propagation and signal phase variations. Examples of existing systems are given, with emphasis on the methods used for intersymbol interference mitigation. Most of these systems use noncoherent or a differentially coherent signal modulation and detection methods. Phase-coherent detection, which offers better efficiency in bandwidth utilization, is the subject of the second part of this chapter. In this part, the design of high-speed digital communication systems, which rely on powerful equalization and multiple sensor signal processing methods is treated.

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    Milica Stojanovic

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    Robert S. H. Istepanian

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Stojanovic, M. (2002). High-Speed Underwater Acoustic Communications. In: Istepanian, R.S.H., Stojanovic, M. (eds) Underwater Acoustic Digital Signal Processing and Communication Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3617-5_1

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