Study on MC-CDMA for Underwater Acoustic Networks

Author

Yan, Jiemin ; Xu, Ru ; Wang, Deqing ; Chen, Huabin ; Hu, Xiaoyi

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Underwater Acoust. Commun. & Marine Inf. Technol., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen

Volume

3

fYear

2008

fDate

12-14 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

614

Lastpage

617

Abstract

In this paper, multiple access technique for the physical layer of underwater acoustic (UWA) networks is discussed. Considering the characteristics of acoustical channel and UWA networks, multi-carrier code division multiple access(MC-CDMA) method is chosen as the multiple access strategy in the design of an UWA network. On this basis, a MC-CDMA multiple access scheme is proposed. The preliminary results of simulation and lab pool testing indicate that MC-CDMA technique is a feasible multiple access method for the physical layer of UWA network.

Keywords

code division multiple access; underwater acoustic communication; MC-CDMA; multicarrier code division multiple access; underwater acoustic network; Acoustic propagation; Bandwidth; Information technology; Multiaccess communication; Multicarrier code division multiple access; OFDM; Physical layer; Propagation delay; Underwater acoustics; Underwater communication; MC-CDMA; multiple access; underwater acoustic network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science and Software Engineering, 2008 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan, Hubei

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3336-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSSE.2008.376

Filename

4722418