Introduction
Now-a-days Wireless communication is a part and parcel of our daily life. Underwater Wireless Communications is one of them. Many researches have been done since last two decade and still going on for getting more economy. The world’s oceans, sea, river etc has grab the 2/3 part of this earth. So, wireless information transmission underwater bears great significant.
Goal
Thesis Outline
There are 3 major part of this thesis given below:
First part consist background of underwater communication, various options of underwater communication, underwater channel as most challenging channels.
The second part consist OFDM implementation for underwater communication including basic principle of OFDM.
The third part consist the simulation
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For wireless underwater communication, there are several means such as radio waves, optical waves and acoustics.
Radio waves:
Radio wave has extra low frequency (30 Hz–300 Hz) and it works well to propagate any distance in sea water. But, for its low frequency, it is needed high transmission power and large antennas.
Optical waves:
An optical wave for wireless communication has big advantage as it exceed 1 Giga bps. It can’t cross water boundary easily, suffers from severe absorption and scattering suspending particles and planktons is significant • Moderate link range (up to tens of meters).
Acoustics:
.As underwater acoustic communication is a technique of sending and receiving message below water but there are some main limitations and challenges like time variations of the channel, available bandwidth (small), signal attenuation (strong), multi path propagation, under water communication is difficult – especially for long distances.
Attenuation of Acoustic Propagation
Absorption is one of the draw backs for underwater acoustic channel caused by the water viscosity, which depends on temperature and salinity (for larger frequencies), and the chemical composition of the seawater (for
4. Radio: most common form of wireless transmission, typical of home routers and most wireless devices to use this form. Infared uses low frequency light waves to carry data using line-of-sight.
The Collins Class submarine was prone to excessive noise signatures whilst travelling at speed and lacked the operational capability to enter conflict situations due to the
As newer research began during the 1900s, the sonar started to make changes and new developments. Active sonar, provides pulses of sounds and listening for echoes. Gives warning if an object is in the path and returns an “echo” to the sonar transducer. The transducer can determine the range and orientation of the object. Passive sonar systems are used primarily to detect noise from marine objects (such as submarines or ships). Unlike active sonar, passive sonar does not emit its own signal, which is an advantage for military vessels that do not want to be found or for scientific missions that concentrate on quietly “listening” to the ocean. The purpose for both sonar’s is to detect the acoustic signals emanating from external
The coastal marine space surrounding the United States is vast. Poor access to supporting resources such as fuel or communications, means manned patrol vessels face challenges with monitoring resolution, mission endurance, crew comfort, and information relay. A combination of low cost autonomous vessels and buoys, both at the surface and underwater, can help mitigate these issues. However, existing systems have varying capabilities that make each suited to particular types of tasks.
The Radio was introduced to society because of the telegraph and the telephone. These inventions don’t do the same things but their similar branch of technology. “Radio technology began as “wireless telegraphy”. “It all started with the discovery of radio waves, electromagnetic waves that have the capacity to transmit music, speech, pictures and other data invisibly through air.” [Bellis] Majority of technology uses electromagnetic waves to send data information or TV broadcasts. During the 1860’s, Scottish physicist, James Clerk Maxwell predicted the existence of radio waves; and in 1886, German physicist, Heinrich Rudolph Hertz showed how fast the variation of electric current could be placed into space in the form of
1. Nothing shallow. As the word deep means, you will be setting off on a boat to deeper waters that are more than 30 meters deep. This will definitely bring you a certain distance away from dry land so make sure you have everything you need with you.
Biologists and engineers eventually were able to follow fish using acoustic tags. These tags created sound waves that could be detected by underwater microphones attached to boats. The tags measured how the fish moved through it's environment.
The deep sea is the largest habitat on earth and is largely exploited. Pressure rises, temperature drop around freezing, and sunlight can’t even reach to it. Yet, there is life below the deep ocean, the mysterious world takes up 95% of earth’s living space. To survive in the extremely harsh conditions, the most challenging environment, those creatures have had to evolve to the unique adaption. You can’t dive to the deep ocean on your own, but scientist. By using a remote controlled underwater vehicle which allowed them to explore 7,200 feet below the ocean surface, what they are finding will amaze you.
A topic that is known for its controversy is the use of acoustic pingers on fishing nets in an attempt to reduce marine mammal bycatch. While this idea seems appealing and has its potential benefits, there are also drawbacks to the use of this kind of device as well. When a device such as the acoustic pinger is invented, it is important to consider the various types of impacts it will have, especially in terms of marine mammal species conservation.
This includes a range of echolocation clicks in the dolphin sonar system used to identify objects underwater.
Scientists have always curious about the ocean treasure as it poses interesting challenges or solutions to the human kind. The research or exploration of the ocean has been going on for millennia with no full understanding of the ocean life, only know in parts. The scientists deploy some kind of trawl to gather samples that would study and analysed later. Though this limited information, it had still managed to keep the oceanographic exploration alive and grew every day. In the 1930s this research developed further and made an effort to send humans with a tethered vessel descending to the bottom of the seafloor giving human first-hand experience of the ocean floor.
Multibeam echo sounders do this by sending out sound waves that widen in width as you go down away from the ship. Then, the scientists calculate the amount of times it takes for the sound waves to get back to the sounder. This determines the water’s depth. Multibeam systems (unlike other sonars) use sound wave systems to take the information involving direction from the incoming sound waves, creating lots of information from one single return. This can be used in case there is an oceanic physical structure under ground, and if a boat or submarine is coming.
History tells us that humans have been working underwater for several centuries. ROVs have been used since the 1960s and ever since then we have found more ways for their use. According to http://www.rov.org/rov_history.cfm. The US Navy funded most of the early ROV technology development in the 1960s into what was then named a "Cable-Controlled Underwater Recovery Vehicle". R.O.V. Remotely Operated Vehicle is the name used to refer to the wire-guided robot submarines used in the maritime industry. They are highly maneuverable, are driven by skilled operators on board vessels or platforms. On one side of the debate people will argue that ROVs are not valuable for underwater research. However ROVs are ABSOLUTELY valuable to underwater research because of their accessibility, ability to find treasures, and helping history coming back to life.
Do you think underwater noises affect the ocean or it doesn't affect the animals? Noises are everywhere. People don't only make racket on land, but in the ocean to. Many boats and oil drilling affect the animals in the ocean like whales. Anyone that lives in the city knows that the world is a noisy place. Humans rely on many machines, planes, cars, trains, construction, and farming. Underwater noise affects certain species like whales.
Fish finders use sonar. They send out a sound wave to the bottom of the lake which then bounces back to the receiver. The fish finder can then calculate how deep the lake is by the time it