A high-speed digital underwater communication solution using electric current method

Author

Wu, Zhiqiang ; Xu, Jiadong ; Li, Bin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Inf., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´´an, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

21-24 May 2010

Abstract

The limitations of underwater acoustic communication have been intensively discussed. In this scenario, electric-current communication method is considered as a feasible solution to explore as an alternative to acoustic communication in case of short-range distance. Compared to underwater acoustic communication, electric-current communication method shows its advantages such as fast propagation, high band width and being not prone to noise due to mechanical movement. In this paper, a DSP based underwater modem using electric current method is designed, implemented and evaluated. According to the experiments, error-free communication is possible in a water tank with a data rate of 1Mbps.

Keywords

digital signal processing chips; electric current; marine communication; modems; underwater equipment; wireless sensor networks; DSP; bit rate 1 Mbit/s; electric current communication method; error-free communication; high speed digital underwater communication solution; underwater modem; Acoustic noise; Acoustic propagation; Current; Digital signal processing chips; Digital signal processors; Modems; Transmitters; Underwater acoustics; Underwater communication; Wireless sensor networks; digital signal processor; digital underwater communication; electric current; high-speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Future Computer and Communication (ICFCC), 2010 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5821-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICFCC.2010.5497300

Filename

5497300