Research Article

DISTORTION PERFORMANCE OF UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC MIMO MOBILE NETWORKS

ABSTRACT

The paper considers the distortion performance of underwater acoustic MIMO mobile networks for an independent identically distributed (i.i.d.) Gaussian source. Such networks are appealing due to the need to perform sensing and surveying of underwater areas. Underwater acoustic communication is subject to attenuation, or path loss, that depends not only on the distance between the transmitter and the receiver, but also on the operating carrier frequency. Each transmission experiences frequency dependent path loss and fading. The information is conveyed across the network by transmitting it from one mobile to another across the multihop route. The mobility is based on the direction persistent mobility model. Numerical examples are presented to illustrate the distortion performance of the underwater acoustic MIMO mobile network.

Keywords

underwater acoustic mobility fading distortion