Experimental analysis of very long range spread spectrum underwater acoustic communication using vertical sensor array

Chang-hyun Youn; Hyung-in Ra; Jeong-ha An; Ki-man Kim; In-soo Kim

doi:10.7776/ASK.2022.41.2.150

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Experimental analysis of very long range spread spectrum underwater acoustic communication using vertical sensor array 수직 배열 센서를 이용한 초장거리 대역확산 수중음향통신의 실험 분석

31 March 2022. pp. 150-158

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of a sea trial for very long range spread spectrum underwater acoustic communication conducted in the East Sea in September 2021. Signals were collected through 8 vertical sensors, and the range between the transmitter and receiver was about 160 km. 30 bps Multi-Code Spread Spectrum (MCSS) method and 100 bps Chirp Spread Spectrum method were used for the transmitting signal generation. The results show that when the channel coding technique was not used in a single channel, the uncoded bit error rate was high, but when the Equal Gain Combining (EGC) diversity technique was used after frame synchronization in each receiving channel, the uncoded bit error rate was reduced to 0.1 or less.

Keywords

Very long range underwater acoustic communication

Multi-code spread spectrum

Chirp spread spectrum

Equal gain combining

Sea trial

본 논문에서는 2021년 9월 동해에서 수행된 초장거리 대역확산 수중음향통신의 해상실험 결과를 제시한다. 8개의 수직 배열 센서를 이용하여 수중음향통신 신호를 수집하였으며, 전송 거리는 160 km로 하였다. 송신 신호로 30 bps의 다중 코드 대역 확산 방식과 100 bps의 처프 대역확산 방식이 사용되었다. 실험 결과 단일 채널에서 채널 부호화 기법이 적용되지 않은 경우에 높은 비트 오류율을 나타내었으나 각 수신 채널에서 프레임 동기화를 수행한 후 신호들에 등이득 조합 다이버시티 기법을 적용하면 비부호화 비트 오류율이 순방향 오류 정정 한계인 0.1 이하로 감소하였다.

키워드

초장거리 수중음향통신

다중 코드 대역확산

처프 대역확산

등이득 조합

해상실험

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Publisher :The Acoustical Society of Korea
Publisher(Ko) :한국음향학회
Journal Title :The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
Journal Title(Ko) :한국음향학회지
Volume : 41
No :2
Pages :150-158
Received Date : 2022-01-12
Revised Date : 2022-02-18
Accepted Date : 2022-03-08
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2022.41.2.150

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea ISSN:1225-4428(Print) 2287-3775(Online) 한국음향학회지

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