Seminars

Wireless Underwater Communications - A Short Course

Course outline

Fri Apr. 7, 17-19:
Channel characteristic (sound propagation underwater)
Path loss, noise, and the available bandwidth
Multipath propagation
Time variability

Tue Apr. 11, 14-17:
Motion-induced Doppler distortion
Statistical channel modeling
Examples of experimental channels
Signal design and channel sharing protocols
Bandwidth-efficient modulation: PSK, QAM
Signal design for band-limited channels: the problem of intersymbol interference
Multi-carrier modulation

Wed Apr. 12, 9-12:
Spread spectrum modulation
Examples of experimental signal design
Receiver design
Synchronization: estimation of carrier frequency offset and signal delay
Phase and delay locked loops (PLL, DLL)

Wed Apr. 19, 16-19:
Equalization: linear and decision-feedback equalization principles
Adaptive filtering algorithms: LMS and RLS
Multi-channel (array) combining
Multi-carrier signal detection

Thu Apr. 20, 16-19:
Channel sharing: deterministic multiple access (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA);
Random channel access (Aloha, CSMA, MACA)
Data link control: Automatic repeat request (ARQ)
Examples of experimental signal processing and channel access protocols
Signal Processing for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) in Wideband Underwater Acoustic Communication Networks

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