Underwater wireless communication

By: k.shiva shankar Electronics and communication engineering (06J11A04A4)

INTRODUCTION

wireless communication technology today has become part of our daily life, the idea of wireless underwater communications may still seem far-fetched Although cabled submersible systems remain indispensable but if high-speed communication link is to exists

wireless underwater communications with sensor technology and vehicular technology

Communication channel

The signals that are used to carry digital information through an underwater channel are acoustic signals

An underwater acoustic channel presents a communication system designer with many difficulties
The signal is subject to multipath propagation, which is particularly pronounced on horizontal channels

Wave propagation

The figures show multipath propagation in water In shallow water, multipath occurs due to signal reflection from the surface and bottom In deep water, it occurs due to ray bending
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training data

Adaptive decision-feedback equalizer (DFE) Equalizer task is to unravel the inter symbol interference

Underwater networks

Integrated networks of instruments, sensors, robots and vehicles will operate together in a variety of underwater environments Depending on the application there two types of Acoustic network

Acoustic networks, navigation and sensing for multiple autonomous underwater robotic vehicles

Centralized network, nodes communicate through a base station that covers one cell In a decentralized network, nodes communicate via peerto-peer To accommodate multiple users within a selected network topology, the communication channel must be shared Methods for channel sharing are based on scheduling or

Centralized network topology

Decentralized network topology

Current achievements

The modem has successfully been deployed in a number of trials This modem is implemented in a fixedpoint DSP with a floating-point coprocessor Multi-user communications each at 1.4 kbps in 5 kHz band

Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is a robot that travels underwater Modems fit easily into the AUV Low power consumption Very reliable for high level throughput

Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)

short distance high bandwidth acoustic link

platform sea level AUV

base station

power, communications, oil

base station

Application to oil-field

base station

Applications

Environmental monitoring to gathering of oceanographic data

Marine archaeology Search and rescue missions Defence

Conclusion

The aim of this is to build a acoustic communication as in figure

This is not only the way for underwater communication By using optical waves which offers higher throughput (Mbps) over short distances (up to

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