Subsea Communication System Using Quasi-Static Electric Fields: Software and Modulation
N.P. van Dam (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
M.L. Jonker (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Chris Verhoeven – Mentor (TU Delft - Electronics)
Anton Montagne – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Electronics)
RT Rajan – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Signal Processing Systems)
Ioan Lager – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering Education)
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Abstract
Unmanned underwater vehicles benefit from communication with a high data rate on relatively small distances (under 100 m). Existing communication methods are not able to provide this or present other shortcomings. Therefore, this bachelor end project focuses on a new type of underwater communication, quasi-static electric field communication. The software and modulation techniques in such a communication system are covered in this thesis. This includes a detailed analysis of modulation techniques, and especially of differential methods such as pi/M-DPSK, which can be demodulated non-coherently. Our system implements OFDM and according to simulations, it is able to achieve data rates of up to 1 Mbit/s. Additionally, this research focuses on the effect of error correction coding on the performance of the system. Moreover, an adaptive data rate control system is designed. The efficiency of the system is optimized by a power distribution algorithm. Finally, suggestions are given for a communication protocol.
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