The BASS 600 underwater acoustic communication link

Author

Coates, B. ; Stoner, R. ; Wang, L.S.

Author_Institution

Underwater Acoust. Group, Birmingham Univ., UK

fYear

1994

fDate

19-21 Jul 1994

Firstpage

111

Lastpage

116

Abstract

The paper outlines the acoustic and electronic design of the “BASS 600 DPSK” and “BASS 600 FSK” communication links completed at the University of Birmingham. The results of field trials are also discussed and the performances of the two modulation schemes are compared. Communication was achieved at ranges from 25 to 250 m at a transmission frequency of 600 kHz. Data rates to 200 kbit s ^-1 were achieved. Bit error rates ranging from 10^-3 to 10^-6 were observed. The effect of multipath, weather conditions and platform movement are also discussed. The perceived potential, in terms of bit rate and range, for these links is presented and typical application areas are outlined

Keywords

error statistics; frequency shift keying; phase shift keying; telecommunication links; telemetering; ultrasonic applications; underwater sound; 600 kHz; BASS 600 DPSK; BASS 600 FSK; BASS 600 underwater acoustic communication link; University of Birmingham; application areas; bit error rates; data rates; modulation schemes; multipath; platform movement; transmission frequency; weather conditions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Electronic Engineering in Oceanography, 1994., Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cambridge

Print_ISBN

0-85296-619-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19940584

Filename

337102