AquaOptical: A lightweight device for high-rate long-range underwater point-to-point communication

Author

Doniec, Marek ; Vasilescu, Iuliu ; Chitre, Mandar ; Detweiler, Carrick ; Hoffmann-Kuhnt, Matthias ; Rus, Daniela

Author_Institution

CSAIL, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper describes AquaOptical, an underwater optical communication system. Three optical modems have been developed: a long range system, a short range system, and a hybrid. We describe their hardware and software architectures and highlight trade-offs. We present pool and ocean experiments with each system. In clear water AquaOptical was tested to achieve a data rate of 1.2 Mbit/sec at distances up to 30 m. The system was not tested beyond 30 m. In water with visibility estimated at 3 m AquaOptical achieved communication at data rates of 0.6 Mbit/sec at distances up to 9 m.

Keywords

marine communication; modems; optical communication; optical communication equipment; AquaOptical; hybrid system; long range system; ocean experiments; optical modems; pool experiments; short range system; underwater optical communication system; underwater point-to-point communication; Hardware; High speed optical techniques; Modems; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Underwater acoustics; Underwater communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2009, MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges

Conference_Location

Biloxi, MS

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4960-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-933957-38-1

Type

conf

Filename

5422200