Underwater acoustic MIMO OFDM: An experimental analysis

Author

Palou, Guillem ; Stojanovic, Milica

Author_Institution

Sea Grant Coll. Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Performance of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is analyzed on an experimental shallow water acoustic channel. Different modulation levels, numbers of subcarriers and transmitters were tested over a period of two weeks. The objectives in doing so were (a) to assess the effect of environmental conditions on the system performance, (b) to determine the performance limits and the data rate supported by the existing detection methods, and (c) to investigate the possibility to push these limits by employing methods for inter-carrier interference (ICI) compensation.

Keywords

MIMO communication; OFDM modulation; interference (signal); telecommunication channels; underwater acoustic communication; intercarrier interference compensation; modulation levels; multiple-input multiple-output communication; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; shallow water acoustic channel; subcarriers; transmitters; underwater acoustic MIMO OFDM; Bandwidth; Channel estimation; Coherence; Frequency synchronization; Interference; MIMO; OFDM modulation; System performance; Transmitters; Underwater acoustics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2009, MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges

Conference_Location

Biloxi, MS

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4960-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-933957-38-1

Type

conf

Filename

5422153