Underwater communication link with iterative equalization

• In this paper an acoustic underwater communication link is presented. The channel has severe inter symbol interference, which is dealt with by an iterative linear equalizer and a Turbo code. Experiments has been performed in the Baltic Sea using a 4QAM signal with bandwidth 4 kHz at a center frequency of 12 kHz. The raw data rate is 8 kbit/s but after reduction for error correction coding the net bit rate is 2.88 kbit/s. With a source level of 180 dB re. 1mu/Pa @ 1m and a single hydrophone receiver, a reliable communication is shown up to a distance of 60 km. Very important for a successful decoding is the initial synchronization, which also is discussed.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Signalbehandling (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Signal Processing (hsv//eng)

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Signalbehandling

Signal Processing

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