A large increase in the reliability of shipboard or stationary underwater acoustic telemetry systems is achievable by using spatially distributed receivers with aperture sizes from 0.35 to 20 m. Output from each receiver is assigned a quality measure based on the estimated error rate, and the data, weighted by the quality measure, are combined and decoded. The quality measure is derived from a Viterbi error-correction decoder operating on each receiver and is shown to perform reliability in a variety of non-Gaussian noise and jamming environments and reduce to the traditional optimal diversity system in a Gaussian environment. The dynamics of the quality estimator allow operation in the presence of high-power impulsive interference by exploiting the signal and noise differential travel times to individual sensors. The spatial coherence structure of the shallow water acoustic channel shows relatively low signal coherence at separations as short as 0.35 m. Increasing receiver spacing beyond 5 m offers additional benefits in the presence of impulsive noise and larger-scale inhomogeneities in the acoustic field. A number of data transmission experiments were carried out to demonstrate system performance in realistic underwater environments.
Spatial diversity processing for underwater acoustic telemetry
Räumliche Diversity-Verarbeitung für die akustische Unterwassertelemetrie
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering ; 16 , 1 ; 86-97
1991
12 Seiten, 20 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
AKUSTISCHES SIGNAL , SIGNALVERARBEITUNG , STATISTISCHE UNTERSUCHUNG , FEHLERANALYSE , UNTERWASSERNACHRICHTENTECHNIK , SCHALLEMPFAENGER , RAUSCHEIGENSCHAFT , QUALITAETSMESSUNG , FEHLERHAEUFIGKEIT , UEBERTRAGUNGSKANAL , FEHLERKORREKTURCODE , DECODIERUNG , DIVERSITY-UEBERTRAGUNG , FEHLERKORREKTUR , EMPFANGSSCHWUND , ZUVERLAESSIGKEIT , FERNMESSUNG , UNTERWASSERSCHALL , DYNAMIK , AKUSTISCHE SIGNALVERARBEITUNG , FEHLERSTATISTIK
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