Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (3): 1010-1018.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2025.03.33

• Communications and Networks • Previous Articles    

MIMO spread spectrum deep-sea underwater acoustic communication method based on M-ary cyclic shift keying

Lin CHENG1,2,3, Wei GE1,2,3,4,*, Wei MEN5   

  1. 1. National Key Laboratory of Underwater Acoustic Technology, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
    2. Key Laboratory for Polar Acoustics and Application of Ministry of Education, Harbin 150001, China
    3. College of Underwater Acoustic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
    4. State Key Laboratory of Acoustics Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
    5. Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2023-12-12 Online:2025-03-28 Published:2025-04-18
  • Contact: Wei GE

Abstract:

To address the problem of low data rate and limited applicability of traditional spread spectrum communication systems in underwater networking, an efficient underwater acoustic communication method called multiple input multiple output M-ary cyclic shift keying (MIMO-MCSK) is proposed, which combines MCSK spread spectrum with MIMO communication systems. On the one hand, the MIMO-MCSK exploits the spatial multiplexing gain of MIMO systems and the information modulation dimension increased by MCSK encoding to significantly enhance the communication data rate. On the other hand, a frequency-domain phase conjugate energy detection algorithm is proposed at the receiver end to suppress inter-symbol interference and co-channel interference, and perform low complexity decode, verifying its superiority through simulation. In a deep water MIMO trial with two transmitters and eight receivers, low bit-error-rate underwater acoustic communication is achieved at communication distance of 10 km and 20 km with a data rate of 257.8 bps, validating the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method.

Key words: spread spectrum underwater acoustic communication, M-ary cyclic shift keying, multiple input multiple output (MIMO), passive phase conjugation, frequency-domain energy detection

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