Diffused-Line-of-Sight Communication for Mobile and Fixed Underwater Nodes

The misalignment of mobile underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) systems, compounded by turbulence in underwater scenarios, is a practical problem that can be resolved through various means. This work describes a pulse-position-modulation-based (PPM-based) diffused-line-of-sight UWOC syst...

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Main Authors: Yujian Guo, Meiwei Kong, Omar Alkhazragi, Xiaobin Sun, Mohammed Sait, Tien Khee Ng, Boon S. Ooi
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Mohammed Sait
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Boon S. Ooi
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description The misalignment of mobile underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) systems, compounded by turbulence in underwater scenarios, is a practical problem that can be resolved through various means. This work describes a pulse-position-modulation-based (PPM-based) diffused-line-of-sight UWOC system that offers a solution to this issue. PPM is found to be power-efficient and, in terms of bit-error-ratio performance, outperforms on-off keying modulation and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing modulation in complex dynamic underwater channels. Through indoor experiments and outdoor deployment, we validated the robustness of the proposed PPM-based mobile UWOC system. This work sheds light on the practical implementation of UWOC networks for relieving the strict pointing-acquisition-and-tracking requirements when an underwater apparatus is transmitting or receiving signals on the fly.
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spelling doaj-art-35be82327f664fbfa5a0e6f1460918bf2025-08-20T03:32:33ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552020-01-0112611310.1109/JPHOT.2020.30305449222503Diffused-Line-of-Sight Communication for Mobile and Fixed Underwater NodesYujian Guo0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2433-5860Meiwei Kong1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3907-2194Omar Alkhazragi2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6247-842XXiaobin Sun3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4814-5658Mohammed Sait4Tien Khee Ng5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1480-6975Boon S. Ooi6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9606-5578Photonics Laboratory, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaPhotonics Laboratory, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaPhotonics Laboratory, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaPhotonics Laboratory, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaPhotonics Laboratory, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaPhotonics Laboratory, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaPhotonics Laboratory, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaThe misalignment of mobile underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) systems, compounded by turbulence in underwater scenarios, is a practical problem that can be resolved through various means. This work describes a pulse-position-modulation-based (PPM-based) diffused-line-of-sight UWOC system that offers a solution to this issue. PPM is found to be power-efficient and, in terms of bit-error-ratio performance, outperforms on-off keying modulation and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing modulation in complex dynamic underwater channels. Through indoor experiments and outdoor deployment, we validated the robustness of the proposed PPM-based mobile UWOC system. This work sheds light on the practical implementation of UWOC networks for relieving the strict pointing-acquisition-and-tracking requirements when an underwater apparatus is transmitting or receiving signals on the fly.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9222503/Underwater wireless optical communicationmobile underwater communicationmobilitypulse-position modulationremote-operated vehicles
spellingShingle Yujian Guo
Meiwei Kong
Omar Alkhazragi
Xiaobin Sun
Mohammed Sait
Tien Khee Ng
Boon S. Ooi
Diffused-Line-of-Sight Communication for Mobile and Fixed Underwater Nodes
IEEE Photonics Journal
Underwater wireless optical communication
mobile underwater communication
mobility
pulse-position modulation
remote-operated vehicles
title Diffused-Line-of-Sight Communication for Mobile and Fixed Underwater Nodes
title_full Diffused-Line-of-Sight Communication for Mobile and Fixed Underwater Nodes
title_fullStr Diffused-Line-of-Sight Communication for Mobile and Fixed Underwater Nodes
title_full_unstemmed Diffused-Line-of-Sight Communication for Mobile and Fixed Underwater Nodes
title_short Diffused-Line-of-Sight Communication for Mobile and Fixed Underwater Nodes
title_sort diffused line of sight communication for mobile and fixed underwater nodes
topic Underwater wireless optical communication
mobile underwater communication
mobility
pulse-position modulation
remote-operated vehicles
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9222503/
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