浅水时变多途信道特性分析与模型实验研究

时变多途水声信道是影响水声通信性能的一个重要因素,深入了解水声信道挣性并对水声信道进行建模具有重要的研究意义。本文在分析传统时变信道模型基础上,从时域角度出发,提出采用AR(ρ)模型对已有的浅水时变多途信道模型中的小尺度衰落分量进行修正。然后基于莲花湖实测信道数据,分析了时变信道各个路径的幅度、时延、时间相干系数、系统传递函数等特性,并对修正模型进行了验证正。从仿真结果来看,修正模型与试验结果拟合的很好。本文从多个方面对水声信道特性进行了分析,有助于对水声信道的深入了解,同时为水声通信系统性能评估提供了一种仿真信道模型。     

Properties of underwater acoustic communication channels in shallow water

Underwater acoustic channels are band-limited and reverberant, posing many obstacles to reliable, phase-coherent acoustic communications. While many high frequency communication experiments have been conducted in shallow water, few have carried out systematic studies on the channel properties at a time scale relevant for communications. To aid communication system design, this paper analyzes at-sea data collected in shallow water under various conditions to illustrate how the ocean environments (sea surface waves and random ocean medium) can affect the signal properties. Channel properties studied include amplitude and phase variations, and temporal coherence of individual paths as well as the temporal and spatial coherence of multipaths at different time scales. Reasons for the coherence loss are hypothesized.     

Small-slope simulation of acoustic backscatter from a physical model of an elastic ocean bottom

An underwater acoustic experiment with a two-dimensional rough interface, milled from a slab of PVC, was performed at a tank facility. The purpose was to verify the predictions of numerical models of acoustic rough surface scattering, using a manufactured physical model of an ocean bottom that featured shear effects, nonhomogeneous roughness statistics, and root-mean-square roughness amplitude on the order of the acoustic wavelength. Predictions of the received time series and interface scattering strength in the 100-300 kHz band were obtained from the Bottom Reverberation from Inhomogeneities and Surfaces-Small-Slope Approximation (BORIS-SSA) numerical scattering model. The predictions were made using direct measurements of scattering model inputs-specifically, the geoacoustic properties from laboratory analysis of material samples and the grid of surface heights from a touch-trigger probe. BORIS-SSA predictions for the amplitude of the received time series were shown to be accurate with a root-mean-square residual error of about 1 dB, while errors for the scattering strength prediction were higher (2-3.5 dB). The work is part of an ongoing effort to use physical models to examine a variety of acoustic scattering and propagation phenomena involving the ocean bottom.     

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。      

圆孔非线性声阻抗三维时域仿真与特性分析

为研究有限振幅声波作用下圆孔的非线性声学特性,提出了基于三维时域计算流体动力学(CFD)仿真的圆孔非线性声阻抗提取方法,通过求解层流方程来模拟声信号在圆孔及上下游的传播,以及采用横向周期性边界条件来考虑高穿孔率时圆孔之间相互作用的影响。研究了不同幅值声波作用下孔径、厚度和穿孔率对声阻抗的影响规律,通过对质点振速幅值、频率和板厚等组成的无量纲参量进行非线性回归分析,得到了圆孔非线性声阻抗的拟合公式,并将其转换为可考虑多频声波影响的时域模型。最后结合声阻抗时域模型和有限差分方法计算了直通穿孔管消声器在小振幅和有限振幅声波作用下的传递损失,通过与实验测量结果的比较,验证了拟合公式的准确性和实用性。     

Parameterizing both path amplitude and delay variations of underwater acoustic channels for block decoding of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing

There are no commonly-agreed mathematical models for the input-output relationship of underwater acoustic channels. For each path in a time-varying multipath channel within a short period of time (e.g., one short data block), this paper proposes to use one polynomial to approximate the amplitude variation and another polynomial up to the first order to approximate the delay variation within a block duration. Under such a channel parameterization, the discrete-time channel input- output relationship tailored to zero-padded orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing (OFDM) transmissions is then derived, based on which an OFDM receiver is validated using experimental data collected during the 2008 Surface Processes and Acoustic Communications Experiment. For channels with a short coherence time, the numerical results show that incorporating both the amplitude and delay variations improves the system performance.     

基于差分Pattern时延差编码和海豚whistles信号的仿生水声通信技术研究

为解决传统的隐蔽水声通信方法带来的通信性能降低问题, 提出了一种将差分 Pattern 时延差编码通信体制与海豚whistles信号相结合的仿生水声通信技术. 海豚whistles信号频带较窄且各信息码元间隔不等、码元之间互相关性较弱, 选取whistles信号作同步码和Pattern 码, 并以相邻whistles信号之间的时延差值携带信息. 这种仿生的水声通信信号不易被敌方探测、截获, 且差分Pattern时延差特殊的编码方式也不易使信息被破译, 因此该水声通信技术具有较强的隐蔽性和保密性, 且在抗码间干扰以及抗多普勒效应方面具有优异性能. 本文对系统进行了水池实验, 在信噪比为0 dB、存在相对运动时实现了通信速率为67 bit/s的低误码数据传输, 验证了系统的有效性、稳健性和隐蔽性. 关键词： 仿生水声通信 差分Pattern时延差编码 海豚whistles信号 隐蔽性     

Signal processing for noncoherent underwater acoustic communication approaching channel capacity

Noncoherent underwater acoustic communication channel in adverse conditions is modeled as a phase-random Rayleigh fading channel,and its capacity curve is derived.To approach the channel capacity curve,the concatenated code of the nonbinary LDPC code and the constant weight code is proposed for noncoherent communication which can late be iteratively decoded in the probability domain.Without information of channel amplitude or phase in the receiver,statistic parameters of the respective signal and noise bins were estimated based on the moment estimation method,the posterior probabilities of the constant weight code words were further calculated,and the nonbinary LDPC code was decoded with the nonbinary factor graph algorithm.It is verified by simulations that by utilizing the proposed concatenated code and its processing algorithm,gap to channel capacity curve is reduced by 3 dB when compared to the existing method.Underwater communication experiments were carried out in both deep ocean（vertical communication,5 km）and shallow lake（horizontal communication,near 3 km,delay spread larger than 50 ms）,in which the signal frequency band was 6 kHz to10 kHz,and the data transmission rate Was 357 bps.The proposed scheme can work properly in both experiments with a signal-to-noise ratio threshold of 2 dB.The performance of the proposed algorithm Was well verified by the experiments.     

水声通信实验信道仿真研究

水声信道的时变多途特性对其中通信信号传输构成严重影响，为了分析评估现实实验信道条件下水声通信系统的性能，给出了一种基于实验测量的水声信道仿真方法。此方法通过发射线性调频脉冲以检测信道多径结构，同时分别采用自回归模型与多普勒时间压扩来仿真信道中各路径的时变幅度与时变延迟。通过一个具体的直接序列扩频水声通信系统，表明在仿真与实验信道条件下系统性能具有较好的一致性。     

单声阵列的低空目标轨迹估计方法

针对低空飞行目标轨迹估计问题,提出了一种单传声器阵列的目标运动轨迹估计方法。该方法利用窄带信号的多普勒效应估计出匀速直线运动目标飞行参数,结合波达方向估计计算目标的轨迹方向、水平偏置和高度,依据几何模型确定其运动轨迹,并对信号传播时延造成的估计误差进行修正。仿真和实验结果验证了算法有效性,实现了小孔径单声阵列对目标轨迹的估计。      

相关时延及频谱不对称对声学多普勒测速偏差影响

研究了复协方差频移估计测速下相关时延及接收信号频谱幅值不对称对声学多普勒测速偏差的影响。不考虑测速公式简化误差,复协方差频移估计测速偏差可以简化为多普勒频移测量偏差。经推导,不考虑发射信号波束开角的窄带测频无偏、宽带测频有偏;考虑波束开角的窄带测频和宽带测频均有偏。相关时延不准确且频谱不对称是该偏差的重要来源。仿真分析表明,点回波模型下,消除时延不准确或频谱不对称影响,测频偏差可趋于0。基于上述发现,建立底跟踪多普勒测速声呐的相位、幅度双重加权的椭圆网格测频模型;给出相同脉冲长度下窄带与宽带测频偏差存在差异的理论解释。利用所建宽带测频模型仿真出真实频移与估计频偏的拟合曲线,进而对实际数据进行修正,水槽实验场景速度测量相对偏差从1.14%降至0.78%,最大绝对值从2.83%降至1.83%;海试场景速度测量相对偏差从4.79%降至3.82%。      

周期性管柱信道的声波通信技术研究综述

井下声波通信技术利用周期性管柱信道实时传输声波数据，相比于其他通信方式，具有适应性好、复杂度低、传输效率高等优点，在随钻地质导向、油水井监测等方面有广阔的应用前景，是发展智能油田的关键技术之一。本文主要综述上世纪90年代以来关于信道物理模型、信道容量、声信号调制与接收方法等关键问题的研究历程，并对通信系统的设计要点与国内外相关产品的现场应用进行梳理，为后续的技术改进提供依据。     

Model-oriented ocean tomography using higher frequency, bottom-mounted hydrophones

A tomographic scheme is presented that ingests ocean acoustic measurements into an ocean model using data from bottom-mounted hydrophones. The short distances between source-receiver pairs (1-10 km) means arrival times at frequencies of 8-11 kHz are readily detectable and often distinguishable. The influence of ocean surface motion causes considerable variability in acoustic travel times. Techniques are presented for measuring travel times and removing the variability due to surface waves. An assimilation technique is investigated that uses differences in measured and modeled acoustic travel times to impose corrections on the oceanographic model. Equations relating travel time differences to oceanographic variables are derived, and techniques are presented for estimating the acoustic and ocean model error covariance matrices. One test case using a single source-receiver pair shows that the tomographic information can have an impact on constraining the solution of the ocean circulation model but can also introduce biases in the predictions. A second test case utilizes knowledge of a bias in a model-predicted variable to limit grid cells that are impacted by the tomographic data. In this case, using the tomographic data results in significant improvements in the model predictions without introducing any biases.     

Source motion detection, estimation, and compensation for underwater acoustics inversion by wideband ambiguity lag-Doppler filtering

Acoustic channel properties in a shallow water environment with moving source and receiver are difficult to investigate. In fact, when the source-receiver relative position changes, the underwater environment causes multipath and Doppler scale changes on the transmitted signal over low-to-medium frequencies (300 Hz-20 kHz). This is the result of a combination of multiple paths propagation, source and receiver motions, as well as sea surface motion or water column fast changes. This paper investigates underwater acoustic channel properties in a shallow water (up to 150 m depth) and moving source-receiver conditions using extracted time-scale features of the propagation channel model for low-to-medium frequencies. An average impulse response of one transmission is estimated using the physical characteristics of propagation and the wideband ambiguity plane. Since a different Doppler scale should be considered for each propagating signal, a time-warping filtering method is proposed to estimate the channel time delay and Doppler scale attributes for each propagating path. The proposed method enables the estimation of motion-compensated impulse responses, where different Doppler scaling factors are considered for the different time delays. It was validated for channel profiles using real data from the BASE'07 experiment conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Undersea Research Center in the shallow water environment of the Malta Plateau, South Sicily. This paper provides a contribution to many field applications including passive ocean tomography with unknown natural sources position and movement. Another example is active ocean tomography where sources motion enables to rapidly cover one operational area for rapid environmental assessment and hydrophones may be drifting in order to avoid additional flow noise.     

The influence of correlation delay and spectral asymmetry on acoustic Doppler velocimetry bias

The influence of correlation delay and spectral amplitude asymmetry of the received signal on acoustic Doppler velocimetry bias with the complex covariance approach are studied.Neglecting the simplifying error of the velocimetry formula,the velocimetry bias is simplified to the Doppler shift measurement bias.It is deduced that if not considering the beam angle,the narrowband frequency measurement is unbiased while the broadband frequency measurement is biased;and if considering the beam angle,the narrowband and broadband frequency measurement are all biased.Inaccurate correlation delay and asymmetric spectrum are important sources of the biases.Simulation analysis shows that the frequency measurement bias can be reduced to 0 by eliminating the correlation delay inaccuracy or spectral asymmetry.Based on the above findings,the ellipse grid frequency measurement model with dual weighting of signal phase and amplitude for the bottom tracking Doppler velocimetry sonar is proposed;the theoretical analysis for the difference between the broadband and narrowband frequency measurement bias with the same pulse length is given.The proposed broadband frequency measurement model is utilized to simulate the fitting curve of the Doppler shift and the frequency estimation bias,with which the actual data is corrected.In the water tank experiment,the relative velocimetry bias decreases from 1.14% to 0.78%,and the maximum absolute value decreases from 2.83% to 1.83%;and for sea trial,the relative velocimetry bias decreases from 4.79% to 3.82%.     

载人潜水器“蛟龙”号的水声通信信号处理

蛟龙号的水声通信机实现了世界上首次7000 m深度的潜器与母船间的图像、语音、数据和文字的水声通信传输。研究了适用于载人潜水器的水声通信信号处理。(1)它有4种通信功能:1)相干水声通信,传输速率为5~15 kbps,用于传输图像;2)非相干水声通信,传输速率300 bps,传输文字、指令和数据;3)扩频水声通信,传输速率16 bps,传输指令;4)水声语音通信,采用单边带调制技术传输语音。(2)相干水声通信信号处理方法主要是自适应多普勒补偿的多通道自优化判决反馈自适应均衡器,它与Turbo码级联工作,同时采用定长编码的小波图像压缩方法。(3)声呐线阵吊放至水中一定深度,实现空间分集合并技术。(4)太平洋水域试验表明,水声通信机的作用距离几乎覆盖了所有地球海洋的深度,7s或14s传输一幅光图或声图。      

参量阵差分Pattern时延差编码冰下水声通信方法（英文）

In order to meet the demands of underwater acoustic communication in under ice environment,a differential Pattern time delay shift coding underwater acoustic communication method based on parametric array is introduced in this paper.The under ice underwater acoustic channel is characterized by heavy multipath transmission.Under this model,a parametric array emission method of Pattern signal is derived and the system performance is analyzed.A broadband low frequency sound waves with narrow beam-pattern,which will reduce the interface reflections and suppress the effects of multipath transmission,can be obtained by the emission method.The Songhua River under ice trial results show that there is an anti-multipath property and a higher data rate in the under-ice acoustic channel in proposed approach.     

Vibration amplitude control for a van der Pol–Duffing oscillator with time delay

Periodic solutions for the fundamental resonance response of a van der Pol–Duffing system under time-delayed position and velocity feedbacks are investigated. Using the asymptotic perturbation method, two slow-flow equations for the amplitude and phase of the fundamental resonance response are derived. Their fixed points correspond to limit cycles (phase-locked periodic solutions) for the original system. In the uncontrolled system, periodic solutions exist only for fixed values of amplitude and phase and depend on the system parameters and excitation amplitude. In many cases, the amplitudes of periodic solutions do not correspond to the technical requirements. It is demonstrated that, if the vibration control terms are added, stable periodic solutions with arbitrarily chosen amplitude can be accomplished. Therefore, the results obtained show that an effective vibration amplitude control is possible if appropriate time delay and feedback gains are chosen.     

Exploiting joint sparsity for underwater acoustic MIMO communications

MIMO communication has been recognized as a potential solution for high speed underwater acoustic communication, which unfortunately encounters significant difficulties posed by simultaneous presence of multipath and Co-channel interference (CoI). Sparsity contained in the multipath structure of underwater acoustic channels offers an effective way for improving channel estimation quality and thus enhancing the communication performance in the form of time reversal or channel estimation based equalization. However, for MIMO channels with extensive multipath and CoI, the performance gain achieved by classic sparsity exploitation channel estimation methods such as orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP) is still not enough to yield satisfactory performance. Under quasi-stationary assumption, underwater acoustic channels of adjacent data blocks exhibit correlated multipath structure, namely, multipath arrivals with similar time delay but different magnitude, which has not been exploited. In this paper, a joint sparse recovery approach is proposed to exploit the sparse correlation among adjacent data blocks to improve the performance of channel estimation. Under the framework of distributed compressed sensing (DCS), a joint sparse model which treats the multipath arrivals as sparse solutions with common time support is adopted to derive a joint sparse recovery algorithm for efficient channel estimation, the results of which are used to initialize and periodly update a channel estimation based time reversal receiver. Finally, underwater MIMO communication experimental results obtained in a shallow water channel are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, compared to the same type of receiver that do not exploit the joint sparse.