Adaptive Feedback Protocol for Underwater Vehicles via Software-Defined Acoustic Modems

Caroline Abel; Ray Chen; James Gallicchio; Grace Zhang; Kathryn Zhou; Adam Gurney; Mehdi Rahmati; Dario Pompili

doi:10.1109/URTC45901.2018.9244808

Adaptive Feedback Protocol for Underwater Vehicles via Software-Defined Acoustic Modems

Caroline Abel
, Ray Chen
, James Gallicchio
, Grace Zhang
, Kathryn Zhou
, Adam Gurney
, Mehdi Rahmati
, Dario Pompili

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

Underwater acoustic communication provides great potential through aquatic robots that have use in scientific research, pollution monitoring, and maintenance of underwater facilities. However, the underwater channel poses a unique array of difficulties for acoustic communication, including path attenuation, colored noise, Doppler shifting, multipath propagation, and bandwidth limitations. Bidirectional communication utilizing a feedback channel can mitigate some of the impact of these challenges, but this feedback channel must be highly robust and reliable. This research proposes a new protocol for feedback transmissions that employs a software-defined, adaptive communication technique to achieve acceptable transmission rates without sacrificing the integrity of the data transmitted over this feedback link. The trade-off between transmission rate and accuracy is quantified via simulations to determine the most effective form of the proposed protocol.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, URTC 2018
Place of Publication	usa
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538693742
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/URTC45901.2018.9244808
State	Published - Oct 5 2018
Event	2018 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, URTC 2018 - Cambridge, United States Duration: Oct 5 2018 → …

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Conference	2018 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, URTC 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Cambridge
Period	10/5/18 → …

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Modulation
software-defined modems
underwater acoustic communications

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Abel, C., Chen, R., Gallicchio, J., Zhang, G., Zhou, K., Gurney, A., Rahmati, M., & Pompili, D. (2018). Adaptive Feedback Protocol for Underwater Vehicles via Software-Defined Acoustic Modems. In 2018 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, URTC 2018 Article 9244808 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/URTC45901.2018.9244808

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Adaptive Feedback Protocol for Underwater Vehicles via Software-Defined Acoustic Modems. / Abel, Caroline; Chen, Ray; Gallicchio, James et al.
2018 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference, URTC 2018. usa: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. 9244808.

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