Description of and experimental results for a high data rate underwater acoustic telemetry link

A wideband system (40 kHz-50 kHz) whose coding is self-synchronous and is adjustable for variations in coherence and reverberation times to obtain a maximum reliable data transmission rate for any given set of conditions is presented. To maximize data rate the approach takes full advantage of system bandwidth. At its simplest level a spectral line is used to represent a bit. The major delimiters of multispectral transmission (within a given system bandwidth) in this environment are coherence time due to Doppler spreading and reverberation time due to multiple transmission path. Banks of different frequencies are sequentially transmitted, each bank being reused after the reverberation time. Theory, experimental setup, and preliminary results are presented.<
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