Time reversal MIMO architecture for very shallow underwater acoustic communication

Roee Diamant, Arie Feuer, Amos A. Dotan

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Abstract

Under water acoustic communication using Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) systems was shown to be effective in exploiting the time and spatial diversity characteristics of the underwater acoustic communication channel (UWAC). However, Inter Symbol Interferences (ISI) caused by the multipath phenomenon of the MIMO channel, affects the communication system performances. Our work shows that by using the Time Reversal (TR) technique, the channel capacity is achieved without the requirement for Channel State Information (CSI). A very shallow underwater sea trial was conducted. The results confirmed the validity of our analysis. It demonstrated that the 2×2 TR MIMO channel capacity is roughly 2 times larger than the non TR SISO channel capacity and is equivalent to the optimal MIMO system performances. Thus, our TR MIMO system (combined with a low level ISI mitigation) achieves the optimal MIMO system performances without the need for channel estimation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOCEANS 2007 - Europe
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Print)1424406358, 9781424406357
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventOCEANS 2007 - Europe - Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Duration: 18 Jun 200721 Jun 2007

Publication series

NameOCEANS 2007 - Europe

Conference

ConferenceOCEANS 2007 - Europe
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityAberdeen, Scotland
Period18/06/0721/06/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Oceanography
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Modeling and Simulation

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