正交时频空间调制移动水声通信方法

为提高移动水声通信可靠性,提出了一种基于正交时频空间(OTFS)调制的移动水声通信方法。针对水声信道长时延扩展的特点,设计了一种低复杂度交叉域Turbo迭代均衡算法,先在时域内对接收信号进行最小均方误差(MMSE)均衡,将均衡后的外部信息传递到时延-多普勒域进行软译码;再将译码后的软信息反馈回时域,作为下一次时域均衡的先验信息,实现均衡与译码的迭代检测。此外,针对OTFS水声通信中OTFS符号维度过大导致MMSE均衡复杂度过高的问题,采用了一种低复杂度MMSE算法,先利用矩阵对角线元素得到一组初始估计值,再将矩阵求逆问题转换为求解初始估计值与准确求解值之间的误差,继而通过对误差向量的不断迭代估计来实现低复杂度计算。湖试数据处理结果表明,所提方法可在最大移动速度4 kn的情况下实现OTFS信号的可靠检测。     

接近非相干水声通信信道容量的信号处理算法

恶劣情况下的非相干水声通信信道模型为随机相位Rayleigh衰落,推导了该模型的信道容量曲线。为实现接近非相干信道容量的可靠通信,提出多进制低密度校验码(LDPC)和恒重码级联码的多进制非相干概率域迭代处理算法。在信道幅度和相位完全未知的情况下,根据矩估计得到信号和噪声频点幅度的统计参量,进而得到恒重码的码字后验概率,再对多进制LDPC码进行因子图迭代译码。仿真证明本算法与现有的最大能量检测非迭代译码算法相比,与信道容量曲线的差距从4.5 dB缩小至1.5 dB。给出了实际海试湖试通信效果,频段为6~10 kHz,数据速率为357 bps,海试时近似垂直通信距离为5 km,湖试时水平通信距离近3 km、多径超过50 ms,两种情况下无差错通信的信噪比门限为2 dB,验证了本算法的优势。     

接近非相干水声通信信道容量的信号处理算法

恶劣情况下的非相干水声通信信道模型为随机相位Rayleigh衰落,推导了该模型的信道容量曲线。为实现接近非相干信道容量的可靠通信,提出多进制低密度校验码(LDPC)和恒重码级联码的多进制非相干概率域迭代处理算法。在信道幅度和相位完全未知的情况下,根据矩估计得到信号和噪声频点幅度的统计参量,进而得到恒重码的码字后验概率,再对多进制LDPC码进行因子图迭代译码。仿真证明本算法与现有的最大能量检测非迭代译码算法相比,与信道容量曲线的差距从4.5dB缩小至1.5dB。给出了实际海试湖试通信效果,频段为6~10kHz,数据速率为357bps,海试时近似垂直通信距离为5km,湖试时水平通信距离近3km、多径超过50mS,两种情况下无差错通信的信噪比门限为2dB,验证了本算法的优势。      

基于扩频码的单载波迭代频域均衡水声通信

单载波时域均衡在长时延扩展水声信道中计算量大,并对接收机参数的选择较为敏感,可靠性低,而正交频分复用信号峰均功率比高、对频率偏移敏感. 针对这些问题,提出基于扩频码的单载波块传输高速率水声通信方法和基于T/4分数间隔迭代频域均衡的接收机算法. 该接收机利用已知扩频码进行信道估计以及对由多普勒偏移引起的旋转相位进行估计,并通过一种低复杂度迭代频域均衡算法改善系统性能. 开展了湖上实验研究,结果表明在浅水1.8 km距离且复杂多径干扰条件下,利用BPSK/QPSK调制可实现10^-2–10^-4的误码率并达到1500–3000 bit/s的有效数据率. 关键词： 水声通信 单载波 频域均衡 迭代处理     

极化编码调制正交频分复用水声通信中的极化码构造方法

为进一步提高水声通信可靠性和频带利用率,针对极化编码调制的水声通信需求和信道特性,基于蒙特卡洛法提出动态水声信道认知优化统计目标参数、联合译码的判决反馈信道估计两点改进,建立了适用于编码调制水声信道中的极化码构造算法。为验证该算法性能,建立了极化编码调制水声通信的两步应用机制。通过仿真,比对并分析改进前后的极化码构造方法性能、对时变信道的鲁棒性,以及在不同映射规则下的联合比特交织和多级编码的极化编码调制水声通信性能,并与低密度校验(LDPC)编码调制系统进行对比。湖试结果表明,提出的极化编码调制水声通信方案有效保证了信息在浅水水声信道中的可靠传输,在信噪比约为14 dB、通信距离约1 km时,实现无误码传输,性能优于相同条件下的LDPC编码调制系统。     

相干水声通信幅相加权空间分集均衡算法

水声信道的典型特点为多普勒频移严重、可利用带宽窄以及强多径干扰。空间分集均衡技术是相干水声通信中克服信道多径干扰,消除码间干扰的一种有效手段。为了极大化地输出阵增益,结合无源相位共轭方法和多通道均衡算法,本文设计了组合信噪干比的全新信道评价方法。利用改进的Sigmoid函数对各通道接收信号的幅度进行加权处理;采用二阶锁相环跟踪各通道信号的相位变化,实现各通道信号同相累加。将各通道低通滤波后的信号能量归一化,采用了分数阶-判决反馈分集均衡器,加入各通道权重系数实现了水声通信系统的分集均衡接收。仿真结果和湖试数据处理结果均表明,优化的幅相加权分集均衡接收算法能抵消多径和噪声的干扰,性能优于等增益合并接收算法。湖试数据处理结果误码率降低了1.8%。      

单载波频域均衡中的水声信道频域响应与噪声估计

本文对单载波频域均衡(SC-FDE)中的信道和噪声估计进行研究,理论分析了形成误码率平台的可能原因,提出了基于Chu序列的联合信道时频域响应和噪声功率估计算法.利用水声信道响应的稀疏特性和门限确定信道能量集中区域,进行信道估计的去噪处理和噪声功率计算.借助于水声射线模型对所提出的算法进行了仿真,分析了噪声估计对SC-FDE性能的重要影响.仿真结果表明,所提出的信道和噪声估计算法可以有效减缓或消除SC-FDE中的误码率平台.     

基于改进基追踪去噪的水声单载波频域均衡信道估计

针对低信噪比下单载波频域均衡信道估计精度低导致均衡效果差的问题,利用基追踪去噪方法估计稀疏信道有效抽头具有的稳定特性,提出了一种在平稳水声信道条件下单载波频域均衡系统中应用的改进基追踪去噪稀疏信道估计方法。方法利用延拓循环前缀作为导频进行多次信道估计,将估计结果累积平均,再采用门限判决提取有效抽头得到信道估计值,从而提高了稀疏信道的估计精度。通过合理选择循环前缀延拓次数,尽可能地降低导频长度对频带利用率的影响。仿真对比分析了改进基追踪去噪算法与匹配滤波、最小平方以及传统基追踪去噪信道估计算法的性能以及对单载波频域均衡系统误码率的影响。仿真实验结果表明,改进基追踪去噪信道估计算法具有更优的估计精度,在单载波频域均衡系统中可以提高约3 dB的接收信噪比增益。     

一种递归神经网络空间分集均衡器

水声信道中的衰变多途特性常引起难以克服的码间干扰(ISI)。为了降低误码率、改善系统性能,本文提出了一种递归神经网络空间分集均衡器。它在传统的空间分集结构中融入了多层感知器,该结构能够充分利用训练信号的信息,在可调权数较少的情况下,能够得到较好的均衡效果;针对该结构,采取了初始设定权值的办法,从而使该均衡器的收敛速度得到大大提高。仿真与湖试试验结果表明,该均衡器结构合理,对空间分集均衡性能有一定的改善。     

基于Polar码的水声通信信源信道联合译码方法

水声信道时延扩展较长,频域选择性衰落严重,导致水声通信提升可靠性困难.同时,水声通信实际发送的信源中通常存在残留冗余,传统方法难以利用这部分冗余,从而导致一定的带宽浪费.针对该问题,提出了一种基于Polar码的水声通信信源信道联合译码方法.该方法根据Polar码的译码结构,以信源状态转移关系为基础构建信源信道联合译码网...     

Bandwidth-efficient frequency-domain equalization for single carrier multiple-input multiple-output underwater acoustic communications

This paper proposes a single carrier (SC) receiver scheme with bandwidth-efficient frequency-domain equalization (FDE) for underwater acoustic (UWA) communications employing multiple transducers and multiple hydrophones. Different from the FDE methods that perform FDE on a whole data block, the proposed algorithm implements an overlapped-window FDE by partitioning a large block into small subblocks. A decision-directed channel estimation scheme is incorporated with the overlapped-window FDE to track channel variations and improve the error performance. The proposed algorithm significantly increases the length of each block and keeps the same number of training symbols per block, hence achieving better data efficiency without performance degradation. The proposed scheme is tested by the undersea data collected in the Rescheduled Acoustic Communications Experiment (RACE) in March 2008. Without coding, the 2-by-12 MIMO overlapped-window FDE reduces the average bit error rate (BER) over traditional SC-FDE schemes by 74.4% and 84.6% for the 400 m and 1000 m range systems, respectively, at the same data efficiency. If the same BER performance is required, the proposed algorithm has only 8.4% transmission overhead, comparing to over 20% overhead in other existing UWA OFDM and SC-FDE systems. The improved data efficiency and/or error performance of the proposed FDE scheme is achieved by slightly increased computational complexity over traditional SC-FDE schemes.     

Experimental demonstration of underwater acoustic communication using bionic signals

This paper applies dolphin whistles to covert underwater acoustic (UWA) communication and proposes a UWA communication scheme based on M-ary bionic signal coding. At the transmitter end, the scheme maps multiple information bits into a dolphin whistle through a signal selector. At the receiver end, passive time reversal mirror (PTRM) is used for channel equalization and source information is restored according to the decision of which whistle is transmitted. The scheme has high spread spectrum gain. The anti multi-path performance is greatly improved when using PTRM. Different from traditional covert UWA communication methods, this mimicked signal is unlikely to alert an adversary even in high SNRs because of its real existence in marine environment. A tank experiment is conducted for the scheme, at communication rate of 50 bit/s with SNR −5 dB user information is recovered at a very low bit error rate. The results of tank experiment demonstrate the feasibility of this covert UWA communication scheme.     

正交M元码元移位键控扩频水声通信

M元和码元移位键控(CSK)扩频在水声通信中被广泛采用来克服扩频增益对通信速率的限制。为了获得更高的通信速率,文章基于Gold序列较大的码本数量、良好的自相关和互相关特性,提出正交双通道的M元和CSK相结合的水声通信方法。通过公式推导描述了正交M元CSK的调制和解调流程及影响其性能的因素。并且,通过与双通道M元CSK的仿真比较,得到正交M元CSK的误码率曲线。最后,通过实验验证了仿真的有效性。并实现了10 kbits数据量下1096.8 bps通信速率的无误码传输。通过推导、仿真和实验,可以得到这样的结论:正交M元CSK提供了优良的通信性能。      

多波束分集深海远程正交频分复用水声通信

针对深海远程信道传播衰减大、多途扩展严重的问题,提出一种单输入多输出（SIMO）模型下的水声正交频分复用（OFDM）多波束空间分集均衡方法。建立了深海远程信道下SIMO-OFDM接收信号模型,对宽带波束形成处理后的多个到达角度的波束输出进行独立的多普勒补偿和稀疏信道估计,最后基于最大比合并实现多波束均衡。相对于远程通信中常用的单波束处理方法,所提方法可获得额外的不同到达角度的多径分集增益;且基于阵列波束形成处理可明显提升各个波束输出信噪比,避免了单阵元信噪比过低导致的信道估计误差增大的问题。所提方法的计算复杂度大于单波束均衡,但低于多阵元最大比合并均衡。基于BELLHOP的数值仿真和中国南海实验结果表明,所提方法的误码率性能明显优于单波束均衡和最大比合并均衡,且在100 km的距离上实现了通信速率199 bps的无误码通信。      

水声通信中基于信道辨识的盲turbo均衡方法

水声信道多途效应明显,造成接收信号存在严重的码间干扰(ISI,Intersymbol interference)。基于最小均方误差(MMSE,Minimum mean square error)准则的turbo均衡器级联了均衡和信道译码,能够有效去除ISI,并获得优良的性能。由于水声信道的时变性,传统MMSE-turbo均衡需要周期性的训练序列,以实现连续可靠的通信。训练序列虽然提高了通信的可靠性,但降低了信息的有效传输速率。因此,为提高通信效率,本文提出了一种盲turbo均衡方法,该方法通过引入新的盲信道辨识器来同时获得信道估计响应和已去除部分ISI的初步均衡输出信号,并为turbo均衡提供初始的响应参数和比特软信息。与水声通信中应用较多的盲判决反馈均衡器(DFE,Decision feedback equalizer)相比,海上实验结果证明本文提出的盲turbo均衡方法抗信道多途衰落的能力较强,并且与传统MMSE-turbo均衡相比无需训练序列,因此提高了信息的有效传输速率。     

Orthogonal M-ary code shift keying spread spectrum underwater acoustic communication

M-ary and code shift keying（CSK）spread spectrum is generally applied to overcoming the spreading gain versus data rate limitation in underwater acoustic（UWA）communications.In addition,the concept of orthogonal M-ary CSK is introduced to UWA communication to gain higher rates.We propose a scheme employing dual-orthogonal-channel M-ary and CSK spread spectrum UWA communication based on Gold sequences owing large code set and good self and cross correlation.The modulation and demodulation scheme of the orthogonal M-ary CSK is derived algebraically and the factors critical to its performance are discussed.Furthermore,its bit error rate（BER）curve is evaluated via simulations and compared with the dual-channel M-ary CSK.Finally,the validity of the simulations is verified in tank experiments.1096.8 bps data rate of the proposed communication scheme is realized for 10 kbits data volume with no error.Overall through deduction,numerical simulation,and experiment,it is shown that the proposed method offers significantly improved performance.     

Analysis and performance of network decoding strategies for cooperative network coding

In this work, we present two new low-complexity network decoding strategies for cooperative network coding in a multiple-access relay channel scenario. For these two strategies, Selection and Soft Combining and Majority Vote Network Decoding, along with the optimal joint network decoding, we derive expressions for bit error probability performance as a function of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the different Rayleigh fading links, and show the tightness of the derived bounds through simulation results. The two proposed schemes provide a similar bit error probability (BEP) performance compared to the optimal scheme, while having significantly lower complexity. Further, we study the effect of user pairing on the error performance by considering different SNRs on the user and relay links towards the destination. It is also shown that the error performance of the different schemes follows the same trend for a given user pairing strategy.     

The study of underwater acoustic communication technology based-on the acoustic vector sensor

Underwater acoustic (UWA) communication based on an acoustic vector sensor is studied. The method of joint weighted sound pressure and velocity processing is used in phase modulation high-speed UWA communication system combined with coherent demodulation and adaptive equalization algorithm to demodulate and decode. Whereas the sound intensity could be used instead of pressure for frequency decoding in frequency modulation UWA communication system. The results of theory analysis, simulation calculations and lake trials have shown that either in phase modulation or in frequency modulation UWA communication system, the processing gain can be evidently increased, so that the BER (bit error rate) can be effectively reduced and the telemetry distance can be enlarged by using the acoustic vector sensor.     

基于Turbo码的量子高斯密钥分发的数据协调

为了使加密系统中两个合法用户Alice和Bob从量子信道传送的相关的高斯连续变量X和y中获取出密钥,通过一个理想公共授权信道传送部分信息进而从不一致的X和y中得到一致的二进制密钥,这一过程称为协调.本文在样条纠错(Sliced Error Correction,SEC)和多级编码/多路译码(Multi Level coding/Multi Stage Decoding,MLC/MSD)方案的基础上,构建了一套以Turbo纠错码为基础的连续变量量子密钥分发系统的反向数据协调方案.提出了以Turbo码的校验比特流为协调信息的Slepian-Wolf编译码方案.仿真结果表明可在信道信噪比7 dB以上实现20000个连续变量序列的协调.