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Characteristics of Underwater Acoustic Channel and Performance of Multi-Carrier System in Littoral Ocean near Busan City

부산인근 해역의 수중음향통신 채널특성과 다중반송파 시스템의 성능

  • Kim, Jongjoo (Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Park, Jihyun (Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Bae, Minja (Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Yoon, Jong Rak (Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2017.07.28
  • Accepted : 2017.08.21
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

The frequency selective fading by multipaths determines a performance of underwater acoustic communication system in shallow littoral ocean. In this study, a characteristics of underwater acoustic channel and performance of multi-carrier system is evaluated in littoral ocean with a 50m deep water, an effective wave height of 0.5m and sandy mud bottom near Busan city. A multipath delay spread and time and frequency domain are presented as a function of a transmitter-to-receiver range. A bit-error-rate of a 5 channel 4FSK(Frequency Shift Keying) with a transmission rate of 1kbps, is examined and RS(Reed-Solomon) code is also adopted to remove a burst error due to time domain fading. A number of multipath are less than four and a bit-error-rate is decreased as an increase of a transmitter-to-receiver range which gives a congestion of multi-paths resulting in a decrease of time and frequency domain fading. The measured bit-error-rate is about 10-4 at greater than 600m of transmitter-to-receiver range.

수심이 얕은 연안에서는 다중경로에 의한 주파수 선택적인 페이딩이 수중음향통신시스템의 성능을 결정한다. 본 연구에서는 수심 약 50m이고 유효파고 0.5m, 사니질 저질인 부산인근 해역의 수중음향통신 채널의 특성과 다중반송파 음향통신시스템의 성능을 평가하였다. 송수신기 수평거리에 따른 다중경로 지연 확산과 시간영역 및 주파수 영역 페이딩 특성을 제시하고 전송률 1kbps인 5ch-4FSK 시스템의 비트 오류율을 평가하였다. 시간영역 페이딩 오류를 제거하기 위해 리드 솔로몬 코드를 적용하였다. 다중경로는 4개 이하로 구성되며 송수신기 거리가 증가하면 시간 및 주파수 영역 페이딩은 작아지며 시스템의 비트 오류율은 감소하고 600m 이상의 거리에서 비트 오류율은 약 10-4 이었다.

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