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Synchronization Technology for Underwater Acoustic Mobile Communication

  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen

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Abstract

Synchronization, as the premise of high-quality communication, is a problem that cannot be underestimated. Underwater acoustic communication faces many problems that land communication does not have. For example, the large time delay expansion, the strong Doppler effect, and the time-varying channels. Therefore, this paper focuses on the synchronization technology for underwater acoustic mobile communication. In view of the serious influence of Doppler on underwater acoustic communication synchronization technology, Doppler factor block estimation methods of various preamble signals are analyzed. This article evaluates the Doppler estimated performance of two commonly used chirp signals LFM and HFM. Simulation results reveal that the estimation performance of both signals increases with sweep length, the performance of HFM signals is better than that of LFM signals. The maximum improvement of Doppler estimation error performance can reach about 50%. In order to solve the large error of Doppler estimation, this paper propose a Doppler compensation method using Q-learning in the case of blind estimation. Compared with the system without reinforcement learning, the bit error rate is reduced by two orders of magnitude, which verifies that Q-learning can significantly improve Doppler estimation and compensation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication6GN for Future Wireless Networks - 5th EAI International Conference, 6GN 2022, Proceedings
EditorsAo Li, Liang Xi, Yao Shi
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages272-289
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9783031360138
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event5th EAI International Conference on 6G for Future Wireless Networks, 6GN 2022 - Harbin, China
Duration: 17 Dec 202218 Dec 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume505 LNICST
ISSN (Print)1867-8211
ISSN (Electronic)1867-822X

Conference

Conference5th EAI International Conference on 6G for Future Wireless Networks, 6GN 2022
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period17/12/2218/12/22

Keywords

  • Doppler compensation
  • Doppler estimation
  • Q-learning
  • chirp signal
  • synchronization
  • underwater acoustic communication

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