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Year 2024
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A tool for designing water tanks for measuring hydroacoustic transducers
PublicationSpecial water tanks are commonly used to measure the parameters of underwater acoustic systems. They must meet specific requirements, the fulfilment of which ensures very small but acceptable measurement errors. These requirements define the size of the tank and its shape as well as the strong attenuation of reflected waves. At the design stage, it is necessary to determine the impact of the tank structure on the measurement errors...
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Performance of low-power underwater modem for shallow water communications
PublicationThe low-power underwater acoustic modem is usually an important component of the Underwater Wireless Sensor Network (UWSN). Network nodes have predetermined energy resources that will not be replenished during the life of the node. In shallow waters, multipath propagation is constantly occurring and for the modem to work effectively, solutions to overcome them must be used, which will also meet the important criterion of energy...
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Performance of the Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Underwater Acoustic Communication System with Differential Detection in Strong Multipath Propagation Conditions
PublicationThe underwater acoustic communication (UAC) operating in very shallow-water should ensure reliable transmission in conditions of strong multipath propagation, significantly disturbing the received signal. One of the techniques to achieve this goal is the direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) technique, which consists in binary phase shift keying (BPSK) according to a pseudo-random spreading sequence. This paper describes the DSSS...
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Performance of underwater data transmission using incoherent modulation MFSK in very shallow waters
PublicationEnsuring universal and stable underwater communication in shallow waters for various environmental conditions is a difficult scientific and engineering task. In particular, this applies to underwater communication systems that use acoustic waves in very shallow underwater channels, where multipath propagation permanently occurs. The article provides assumptions for a system working with incoherent M-ary Frequency Shift Keying (MFSK)...
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Shallow-Water Acoustic Communications in Strong Multipath Propagation Conditions
PublicationA phenomenon that has a strong impact on signal transmission conditions in Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC) systems is multipath propagation. As a result of multipath propagation, the transmitted signal undergoes time dispersion which results in inter-symbol interference observed on the receiving side. Time dispersion is large, especially in horizontal channels in shallow waters which significantly limits the transmission...
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Suitability of acoustic power amplifiers as power amplifiers in underwater communication systems
PublicationThe paper presents selected acoustic power amplifiers from among those currently available. The results of a series of measurements characterising the amplifiers are presented. The measured amplitude and phase characteristics as a function of frequency for four selected amplifiers are analysed. The spectra of the output signal in the band from 4 kHz to 30 kHz are presented. The usefulness of the selected amplifiers in an underwater...
Year 2021
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A New Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum Signal Detection Method for Underwater Acoustic Communications in Shallow-Water Channel
PublicationDirect-Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) is one of the modulation and coding techniques used in Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC) systems for reliable data transmision even at low signal levels. However, in a shallow water channel, there is a strong multipath propagation which causes a phase fluctuation of the received signal, affecting the performance of the spread-spectrum system. The article presents a differential method...
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Study of probe signal bandwidth influence on estimation of coherence bandwidth for underwater acoustic communication channel
PublicationA signal transmitted in a shallow Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC) channel suffers from time dispersion due to the multipath propagation and the refraction phenomena. This causes intersymbol interference of the received signal and frequency-selective fading observed in its spectrum. Coherence bandwidth is one of the key transmission parameters used for designing the physical layer of a data transmission system to minimise...
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Study of the Performance of DSSS UAC System Depending on the System Bandwidth and the Spreading Sequence
PublicationA signal transmitted in an Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC) system operating in a shallow-water channel suffers from strong time dispersion due to multipath propagation. This causes the Inter-Symbol Interference (ISI) observed in the received signal, which significantly limits the communication system’s reliability and transmission rate. In such propagation conditions, the Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) method is...
Year 2020
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Assessment of Wide-Sense Stationarity of an Underwater Acoustic Channel Based on a Pseudo-Random Binary Sequence Probe Signal
PublicationThe performances of Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC) systems are strongly related to the specific propagation conditions of the underwater channel. Designing the physical layer of a reliable data transmission system requires a knowledge of channel characteristics in terms of the specific parameters of the stochastic model. The Wide-Sense Stationary Uncorrelated Scattering (WSSUS) assumption simplifies the stochastic description...
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Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Methods in Interferometric Echo Sounding
PublicationNowadays, there are two leading sea sounding technologies: the multibeam echo sounder and the multiphase echo sounder (also known as phase-dierence side scan sonar or bathymetric side scan sonar). Both solutions have their advantages and disadvantages, and they can be perceived as complementary to each other. The article reviews the development of interferometric echo sounding array configurations and the various methods applied...
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Reliable OFDM Data Transmission with Pilot Tones and Error-Correction Coding in Shallow Underwater Acoustic Channel
PublicationThe performance of Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC) systems are strongly related to the specific propagation conditions of the underwater channel. Horizontal, shallow-water channels are characterised by extremely disadvantageous transmission properties, due to strong multipath propagation and refraction phenomena. The paper presents the results of communication tests performed during a shallow, inland-water experiment with...
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Shallow Water Experiment of OFDM Underwater Acoustic Communications
PublicationThe large variability of communication properties of underwater acoustic channels, and especially the strongly varying instantaneous conditions in shallow waters, is a challenge for the designers of underwater acoustic communication (UAC) systems. The use of phase modulated signals does not allow reliable data transmission through such a tough communication channel. However, orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM), being...
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Underwater Navigation Ssystem Based on Doppler Shift – Measurements and Error Estimations
PublicationA new acoustic navigation system was developed to determine the position and speed of moving underwater objects such as divers and underwater vehicles. The path of an object and its speed were determined by the Doppler shifts of acoustic signals emitted by a transmitter placed on the object and received by four hydrophones installed at the periphery of the monitored body of water. The position and speed measurements were affected...
Year 2019
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Performance of Coherent Modulation Scheme Used in Acoustic Underwater Communication System
PublicationThe development of an acoustic underwater communication system for shallow waters is still a big scientificand construction challenge. Currently, non-coherent modulations in combination with strong channel coding are used to achieve reliable communication with low rate in such a channel. To obtain transmission with a higher transmission rate, it is required to use coherent modulation. This paper presents the assumptions of such...
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Simulation of Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum Data Transmission System for Reliable Underwater Acoustic Communications
PublicationUnderwater acoustic communication (UAC) system designers tend to transmit as much information as possible, per unit of time, at as low as possible error rate. It is a particularly difficult task in a shallow underwater channel in which the signal suffers from strong time dispersion due to multipath propagation and refraction phenomena. The direct-sequence spread spectrum technique (DSSS) applied successfully in the latest standards...
Year 2018
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A method for testing the wide-sense stationary uncorrelated scattering assumption fulfillment for an underwater acoustic channel
PublicationWide-sense stationary and uncorrelated scattering (WSSUS) assumptions are often applied for the statistical description of wireless communication channels. However, in the case of underwater acoustic channels the WSSUS model is of limited value. The degree of similarity of in-phase and quadrature components of the channel impulse response, measured with the use of bandpass modulated signals, can be used as an indicator of WSSUS...
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Estimation of Coherence Bandwidth for Underwater Acoustic Communication Channel
PublicationA shallow underwater acoustic communication channel is characterized by strong multipath propagation. The signal reaching the receiver consists of a direct waveform and a number of its delayed and suppressed replica. A significant time dispersion of the transmitted signal and selective fading of its spectrum are observed. Coherence bandwidth defines maximal bandwidth, wherein the channel amplitude characteristic remains constant...
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Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Technique for Underwater Acoustic Communication System
PublicationThe performance of an underwater acoustic communication (UAC) system is limited due to tough propagation conditions in the UAC channel. Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technique can improve the reliability of the data transmission system, increase its speed, increase its range, and reduce the energy consumption. The paper presents an implementation method of MIMO technique in the form of coding the Space-Time Block Code and...
Year 2017
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Measurement of Impulse Response of Shallow Water Communication Channel by Correlation Method
PublicationPerformances of underwater acoustic communication (UAC) systems are strongly related to specific propagation conditions of the underwater channel; conditions that can additionally change in time due to the movement of the acoustic system transmitter and receiver or to reflection by underwater objects of the transmitted signal. The time-varying impulse response is a comprehensive description of dynamically changing transmission...
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Probe signal processing for channel estimation in underwater acoustic communication system
PublicationUnderwater acoustic communication channels are characterized by a large variety of propagation conditions. Designing a reliable communication system requires knowledge of the transmission parameters of the channel, namely multipath delay spread, Doppler spread, coherence time, and coherence bandwidth. However, the possibilities of its estimation in a realtime underwater communication system are limited, mainly due to the computational...
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Testing the Wide-Sense Stationarity of Bandpass Signals for Underwater Acoustic Communications
PublicationThe Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC) systems work in communication channels characterized by a large variety of multipath propagation conditions that can additionally change over time. Designing a reliable communication system requires knowledge of the transmission parameters of the channel. There is a need for the development of adaptive signaling schemes that would dynamically optimize the signal parameters of the physical...
Year 2016
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Limitations of WSSUS modeling of stationary underwater acoustic communication channel
PublicationPerformances of underwater acoustic communication (UAC) systems are strongly related to specific propagation conditions of the underwater channel. Due to their large variability, there is a need for adaptive matching of the UAC systems signaling to the transmission properties of the channel. This requires a knowledge of instantaneous channel characteristics, in terms of the specific parameters of stochastic models. The wide-sense...
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Mutual Clutter Suppression Techniques for FM Sonars
PublicationThe article presents methods that help in the elimination of mutual clutter as well as the consequences of two FM sounding signal sonars operating in the same body of water and frequency band. An in-depth analysis of mutual clutter was carried out. The effects of sounding signal differentiation were determined, as was the Doppler effect on mutual clutter suppression. One of the methods analysed is of particular interest in a situation...
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Stationary underwater channel experiment: Acoustic measurements and characteristics in the Bornholm area for model validations
PublicationThe underwater acoustical channel is time-variant, and even on small time scales there is often existing no ‘acoustical frozen ocean’. Popular is the use of WSSUS-channel transmission modeling (Wide-Sense Stationary Uncorrelated Scattering) for the stochastic description of bandpass signals in GSM mobile phones with moving participants; since this results in a halved number of model parameters. For underwater sound applications...
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Underwater Acoustic Communications in Time-Varying Dispersive Channels
PublicationUnderwater acoustic communication (UAC) system designers tend to transmit as much information as possible, per unit of time, at as low as possible error rate. However, the bit rate achieved in UAC systems is much lower than for wire or radio-communication systems. This is due to disadvantageous properties of the UAC channels, namely the sea and inland waters. Estimation of UAC channel transmission properties is possible within...
Year 2015
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ADAPTIVE IDENTIFICATION OF TIME-VARYING IMPULSE RESPONSE OF UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
PublicationThe transmission properties of underwater acoustic communication channel can change dynamically due to the movement of acoustic system transmitter and receiver or underwater objects reflecting transmitted signal. The time-varying impulse response measurement and estimation are necessary to match the physical layer of data transmission to instantaneous channel propagation conditions. Using the correlative measurement method, impulse...
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PHONEME DISTORTION IN PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
PublicationThe quality of voice messages in speech reinforcement and public address systems is often poor. The sound engineering projects of such systems take care of sound intensity and possible reverberation phenomena in public space without, however, considering the influence of acoustic interference related to the number and distribution of loudspeakers. This paper presents the results of measurements and numerical simulations of the...
Year 2014
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Distortion of speech signals in the listening area: its mechanism and measurements
PublicationThe paper deals with a problem of the influence of the number and distribution of loudspeakers in speech reinforcement systems on the quality of publicly addressed voice messages, namely on speech intelligibility in the listening area. Linear superposition of time-shifted broadband waves of a same form and slightly different magnitudes that reach a listener from numerous coherent sources, is accompanied by interference effects...
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Ultrawideband transmission in physical channels: a broadband interference view
PublicationThe superposition of multipath components (MPC) of an emitted wave, formed by reflections from limiting surfaces and obstacles in the propagation area, strongly affects communication signals. In the case of modern wideband systems, the effect should be seen as a broadband counterpart of classical interference which is the cause of fading in narrowband systems. This paper shows that in wideband communications, the time- and frequency-domain...
Year 2013
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Considerations of Adaptive Digital Communications in Underwater Acoustic Channel
PublicationDown-link communication (DLC) and air transportable communication (ATAC) buoys as well as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) use acoustic links for gathering oceanographic data from underwater monitoring systems. The underwater channel propagation conditions are diverse in nature and require a special adaptive approach to the communication system design. The article presents a methodology for the communication systems design,...
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Testing OFDM Transmission Schemes for Shallow Water Acoustic Communications
PublicationLarge variability of communication properties of underwater acoustic channels, and especially strongly varying instantaneous conditions in shallow waters, is a tough challenge for the designers of underwater acoustics communication (UAC system. There is a need for developing adaptive signaling schemes that would dynamically optimize signal parameters in both physical and link layers of communication protocols. The orthogonal frequency...
Year 2012
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Measurements of transmission properties of Acoustic Communication Channels
PublicationTough transmission properties of shallow water acoustic channels (SWAC) highly limit the use of underwater acoustic communication (UAC) systems. An adaptive matching of modulation and signaling schemes to instantaneous channel conditions is needed for reliabledata communications. This creates, however, unique challenges for designers when compared to radio transmission systems. When communication system elements are in move, the...
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Właściwości transmisyjne podwodnego kanału akustycznego
PublicationWłaściwości transmisyjne podwodnego kanału akustycznego są silnie uwarunkowane specyfiką jego geograficznej lokalizacji i zmieniają się w czasie. Istnieje potrzeba, by w systemie niezawodnej komunikacji dopasowywać do nich parametry warstwy fizycznej protokołu transmisji danych. Do realizacji tego celu niezbędny jest sparametryzowany opis podwodnego kanału komunikacyjnego. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki pomiarów odpowiedzi impulsowych...
Year 2011
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Application of OFDM technique to underwater acoustic data transmission
PublicationPerformances of underwater acoustic communication (UAC) digital systems are strongly related to specific transmission properties of the underwater channel. Depending on the characteristics of the channel, an architecture and modulation techniques are usually implemented that are known as reliable solutions for data transmission in difficult radio channels. The OFDM technique seems to be the most promising nowadays. The parameters...
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Technika adaptacyjnej OFDM w akustycznej komunikacji podwodnej
PublicationPostęp w bezprzewodowej komunikacji szerokopasmowej jest rezultatem rozwoju cyfrowych technik modulacji i kodowania, coraz lepiej wykorzystujących możliwości kanałów radiowych i przezwyciężających ich fizyczne ograniczenia. Adaptacja metod transmisji danych do komunikacji podwodnej na falach akustycznych wymaga uwzględnienia specyficznych cech kanału hydroakustycznego, który łączy w sobie najtrudniejsze właściwości kanałów telekomunikacyjnych....
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Transmission parameters of underwater communication channels
PublicationThe underwater environment is tough and demanding as a communication channel for ultrasonic signals. The channel transmission characteristics in marine and inland waters depend much on local bathymetry and changing weather conditions. The architecture and performance of a reliable underwater acoustic communication (UAC) system should allow real-time adaptation of its transmission parameters to a large variety of possible channel...
Year 2007
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Analiza możliwości wykorzystania współczesnych metod transmisji danych w systemach komunikacji podwodnej.
PublicationPostęp w telekomunikacji szerokopasmowej jest rezultatem rozwoju cyfrowych technik modulacji i kodowania, coraz lepiej wykorzystujących możliwości i przezwyciężających fizyczne ograniczenia przewodowych torów transmisyjnych i kanałów radiowych. Adaptacja metod transmisji danych do komunikacji podwodnej na falach akustycznych wymaga uwzględnienia specyficznych cech kanału hydroakustycznego, który łączy w sobie najtrudniejsze cechy...
Year 2006
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Underwater acoustic communications system with error correction and synchronization coding
PublicationNiezawodna transmisja danych w wielodrogowym i niestacjonarnym płytkim kanale podwodnym wymaga zastosowania efektywnej techniki modulacji oraz equalizacji adaptacyjnej. W zaproponowanym artykule w systemie transmisji danych zastosowano modulację OFDM oraz equalizację adaptacyjną opartą o filtrację Kalmana. Ponadto zaimplementowano dwie techniki kodowania: FEC w celu eliminacji błędów transmisji oraz kodowanie pseudoszumowe, którego...
Year 2005
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OFDM modulation and adaptive equalisation for underwater communications.
PublicationWłasności transmisyjne płytkiego kanału podwodnego są ograniczone ze względu na wielokrotne odbicia fal dźwiękowych od dna i powierzchni wody oraz ze względu na niestacionarność powodowaną głównie przez ruch powierzchni wody. W celu minimalizacji wpływu interferencji międzysymbolowych, powodowanych przez wielodrogową propagację fal dźwiękowych, w tradycyjnych wąskopasmowych modemach telekomunikacyjnych stosowane są złożone equalizery...
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System identification theory-based estimation of underwater acoustic channel for broadband communications.
PublicationPłytki kanał podwodny jest niestacjonarny z powodu wielokrotnych odbić fal dźwiękowych od powierzchni wody oraz ruchu nadajnika i odbiornika systemu komunikacyjnego. Dla zapewnienia szybkiej transmisji danych niezbędna jest estymacja kanału oparta na equalizacji adaptacyjnej. W systemach komunikacji podwodnej stosowane są zazwyczaj equalizery DFE z zaimplementowanymi algorytmami najmniejszych kwadratów: LMS oraz RLS.W artykule...
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Wide-band modulation and adaptive equalization techniques for fast and reliable underwater data transmission.
PublicationSzybkość transmisji w płytkim kanale podwodnym jest ograniczona ze względu na wielokrotne odbicia fal dźwiękowych oraz niestacjonarność kanału. Dla zapewnienia szybkiej i niezawodnej transmisji danych w systemach komunikacji stosowane są złożone techniki modulacji oraz equalizacji kanału. W artykule zaproponowano zastosowanie modulacji OFDM oraz equalizacji adaptacyjnej w systemie komunikacji podwodnej. Modulacja OFDM stosowana...
Year 2004
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Transmission of digital signals in a nonstationary hydroacoustic channel.
PublicationZ telekomunikacyjnego punktu widzenia właściwości transmisyjne kanału hydroakustyczny są ograniczone przez występowanie wielokrotnych odbić fali dźwiękowej od dna i powierzchni wody oraz niestacjonarność wprowadzaną głównie przez ruch powierzchni wody. Artykuł przedstawia model własności transmisyjnych kanału. Wprowadzono niestacjonarność do odpowiedzi impulsowych kanału przez założenie przypadkowej zmienności czasów przyjścia...
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Transmission properties of a shallow hydroacoustic channel.
PublicationWielokrotne odbicia fali akustycznej od granic ośrodka są przyczyną poważnych ograniczeń możliwości transmisyjnych w płytkich kanałach hydroakustycznych. Zastosowanie modelu BNM kanału, należącego do rezultatów międzynarodowego projektu PROSIM tworzonego w ramach inicjatywy MAST-III, pozwoliło obliczyć funkcje odpowiedzi impulsowych kanału i przeprowadzić symulację transmisji sygnału cyfrowego. Artykuł prezentuje wyniki transmisji...
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