SeaSTAR: Temporal and spatial filtering for underwater acoustic communications

Description of research

The underwater environment is a harsh environment for communication. As of today, underwater communication mainly uses acoustic transducers due to the fast attenuation of Electromagnetic (EM) waves in water. The three main characteristics of underwater acoustic communication are the low propagation speed, frequency dependent attenuation and time-varying multipath propagation. To improve data throughput in this harsh environment temporal and spatial filtering techniques play an important role. Within the SeaSTAR project an experimental setup is designed to verify the performance of novel temporal and spatial filtering algorithms for underwater communications.

Advisor(s)

André Kokkeler

Gerard Smit

Duration

2010-2014

Project

SeaSTAR

Funding institution

STW

Strategic Research Orientation

WiSe - Wireless and Sensor Systems

Links to relevant web pages:

caes.ewi.utwente.nl

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