Performance Evaluation of new waveforms for underwater submarine channels
Performance Evaluation of new waveforms for underwater submarine channels
This master’s degree working plan aims to perform a study on the performance of modulation and multiplexing techniques over submarine acoustic channel. Initially, what is underwater communication and its existing forms of communication is introduced. Then, the main effects that a submarine channel is subject and their respective formulations are presented, as well as the set of models well accepted by the academy, Bellhop models. The work is based on the proposal to using the OFDM and GFDM waveforms as an alternative to the classical waveform used in submarine communications, the FSK. A link simulator was developed and, through it, value-added analyzes are presented for different waveform configurations and channel manifestations implemented. Performance is accessed by means of bit rate error curves for some levels of Eb/N0. Finally, the work produced and its perspectives are presented, elucidating the conformity between the simulation and the theoretical curves, as well as the challenging work that is to transmit in high rate of transmission in the submarine channel.