DocumentCode :
3599247
Title :
Experimental assessment of a multiple sequence direct sequence spread spectrum (MS-DSSS) underwater acoustic communication scheme
Author :
Qiao Gang ; Ismail, A. ; Feng Zhou ; Liu Song Zuo
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Underwater Acoust. Eng., Harbin Eng. Univ., Harbin, China
fYear :
2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
This paper describes analysis of data acquired during lake trials of multiple sequence direct sequence spread spectrum (MS-DSSS) system carried out in very shallow water (20-50 m) areas with uneven bottom. The transmitted signals, which consist of frames of multiple spreading sequences, are modulated using coherent phase shift keying. The use of multiple pseudo noise sequences (PN) in a single frame allows one to achieve robust communication with a relatively simple receiver structure as compared to traditional single spreading sequence approach. This long code multiple sequence approach also helps in realizing low probability of intercept (LPI) communication. On the receiver side, a rake type receiver collects the energy present in multiple propagation paths after synchronization and Doppler compensation. Channel estimation necessary for the correct working of rake receiver is done together with a Doppler tracking that allows an adaptation to the instantaneous channel variations. The analysis of the trial data shows that the developed communication algorithm can overcome multipath propagation and Doppler shifts typically present in shallow water channels. The results of the lake trials show that the proposed system gives good performances up to 75 bits per second to a horizontal range of more than four kilometer in a complex shallow water channel. The post processing of the data also shows that we can further enhanced data rate if CDMA approach is employed to transmit parallel data using more PN sequences simultaneously.
Keywords :
Doppler shift; acoustic receivers; channel estimation; code division multiple access; phase shift keying; spread spectrum communication; synchronisation; underwater acoustic communication; CDMA approach; Doppler compensation; Doppler shifts; Doppler tracking; LPI communication; MS-DSSS; PN sequences; channel estimation; channel variations; code multiple sequence approach; coherent phase shift keying; communication algorithm; complex shallow water channel; low probability of intercept; multiple propagation paths; multiple pseudo noise sequences; multiple sequence direct sequence spread spectrum; multiple spreading sequences; parallel data transmition; rake type receiver; receiver structure; spreading sequence approach; synchronization; underwater acoustic communication scheme; Channel estimation; Correlation; Doppler effect; Lakes; Receivers; Spread spectrum communication; Synchronization; DSSS; Shallow Water;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Oceans - San Diego, 2013
Type :
conf
Filename :
6740980
Link To Document :
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