Diffused-Line-of-Sight Communication for Mobile and Fixed Underwater Nodes

The misalignment of mobile underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) systems, compounded by turbulence in underwater scenarios, is a practical problem that can be resolved through various means. This work describes a pulse-position-modulation-based (PPM-based) diffused-line-of-sight UWOC syst...

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Main Authors: Yujian Guo, Meiwei Kong, Omar Alkhazragi, Xiaobin Sun, Mohammed Sait, Tien Khee Ng, Boon S. Ooi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9222503/
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Summary:The misalignment of mobile underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) systems, compounded by turbulence in underwater scenarios, is a practical problem that can be resolved through various means. This work describes a pulse-position-modulation-based (PPM-based) diffused-line-of-sight UWOC system that offers a solution to this issue. PPM is found to be power-efficient and, in terms of bit-error-ratio performance, outperforms on-off keying modulation and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing modulation in complex dynamic underwater channels. Through indoor experiments and outdoor deployment, we validated the robustness of the proposed PPM-based mobile UWOC system. This work sheds light on the practical implementation of UWOC networks for relieving the strict pointing-acquisition-and-tracking requirements when an underwater apparatus is transmitting or receiving signals on the fly.
ISSN:1943-0655