Propagation Physics Effects on Coherent Underwater Acoustic Communications: Results from KauaiEx 2003

Author

Rouseff, Daniel ; Badiey, Mohsen ; Song, Aijun

Author_Institution

Washington Univ., Seattle

fYear

2007

fDate

18-21 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The performance of a coherent acoustic communication algorithm is quantified using data collected off the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Performance is related to physics of acoustic propagation in shallow water. For data collected at range 1 km, performance is limited by the reflection of acoustic paths off of the sea surface. At range 2 km, the effects of acoustic ray refraction become apparent.

Keywords

acoustic wave reflection; acoustic wave refraction; electrical engineering computing; underwater acoustic communication; underwater acoustic propagation; Hawaiian island; Kauai Experiment; KauaiEx 2003; acoustic wave reflection; acoustic wave refraction; coherent acoustic communication algorithm performance; coherent underwater acoustic communications; propagation physics; shallow water acoustic propagation; Acoustic propagation; Acoustic reflection; Acoustic refraction; Matched filters; Phased arrays; Physics; Sea surface; Surface acoustic waves; Underwater acoustics; Underwater communication; Acoustic modem; coherent underwater communications; multichannel equalization; time reversal; time-varying channel estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2007 - Europe

Conference_Location

Aberdeen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0635-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0635-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANSE.2007.4302269

Filename

4302269