scholarly journals Analysis of the Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Channel Based on a Comprehensive Multiparameter Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 6051
Author(s):  
Rujun Cai ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
Daoxin Dai ◽  
Yaocheng Shi ◽  
Shiming Gao
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communication ◽  
Scintillation Index ◽  
Light Power ◽  
Simulation Accuracy ◽  
Wireless Optical Communication ◽  
Transmission Distance ◽  
Turbulence Flow ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
Channel Parameters ◽  
Constraint Method

A comprehensive multiparameter model is proposed for underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) channels to integrate the effects of absorption, scattering, and dynamic turbulence. The simulation accuracy is further improved by the combined use of the subharmonic method and the strict sampling constraint method by comparing the phase structure function with the theoretical value. The average light intensity and scintillation index are analyzed using the channel parameters of absorption, scattering, turbulence, flow velocity, and transmission distance. Under weak or medium turbulence, the bit error rate (BER) performance can be effectively improved by increasing the transmitting light power. The power penalty of a 50 m UWOC channel is 5.8 dBm from pure seawater to ocean water and 1.0 dBm from weak turbulence to medium turbulence, with the BER threshold of 10−6.

scholarly journals Performance Evaluation of Underwater Wireless Optical Communication System by Varying the Environmental Parameters

Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Dong-Chang Li ◽  
Chia-Chun Chen ◽  
Shien-Kuei Liaw ◽  
Shofuro Afifah ◽  
Jiun-Yu Sung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communication ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Artificial Seawater ◽  
Blue Laser ◽  
Laser Source ◽  
Water Tank ◽  
Wireless Optical Communication ◽  
Transmission Distance ◽  
Flow Turbulence ◽  
The Impact

Underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) has been considered a promising technology for high-speed underwater transmission. Some Gb/s level UWOC systems applying visible light have been demonstrated with a transmission distance of several meters or more. Many of the previous works focus on the advanced technologies to push the systems’ capacity–distance performance. However, practical environmental factors issue such as flow turbulence and temperature variation are seldom studied through specific statistical/theoretical models. In this paper, a UWOC system using a 450 nm blue light laser source was set up using a 1.5-m water tank with mirrors located on both sides for single or multiple reflections corresponding to different transmission distances. The blue laser was modulated by a 1.25 Gbps NRZ-OOK format with PRBS of 7, 24 or 31, respectively, for system performance comparison. The bit error rate (BER) values were measured in 1.5, 3.0 and 6 m, respectively, for system evaluation. At room temperature, the BER value was down to 10 × 10−8 for a 1.25 Gbps data rate in a 6 m transmission. Then, the UWOC transmission system experiment was carried out under several environmental parameters such as temperature, turbulence, artificial seawater by adding salt to simulate practical application in river or sea. When a submerged motor with an output of 1200 L/h was used as a water flow turbulence source, the impact to BER and transmission quality was negligible. For the temperature change issue, the experiment shows that around the original temperature of 25 °C had the best BER as compared to other temperature ranges from 10 to 50 °C. For artificial seawater issues by adding salt to simulate the real seawater environment. The transmission distance was only 3-m instead of 6 m, mainly due to particle scattering and water disturbance. With the motor pump on, the power penalty was 1 dB at 10 × 10−8 BER when compared to the motor pump off.

scholarly journals Effect of Link Misalignment in the Optical-Internet of Underwater Things

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruhul Amin Khalil ◽  
Mohammad Inayatullah Babar ◽  
Nasir Saeed ◽  
Tariqullah Jan ◽  
Ho-Shin Cho
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communication ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Divergence Angle ◽  
Optical Internet ◽  
Wireless Optical Communication ◽  
Transmission Distance ◽  
Received Power ◽  
Lateral Offset ◽  
Marine Applications

Underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) enables high-speed links in water for the optical Internet of Underwater Things (O-IoUT) networks. O-IoUT provides various marine applications, including ocean exploration, environmental monitoring, and underwater navigation. O-IoUT typically utilizes light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and different laser diodes (LDs) such as green/blue lasers to achieve efficient data communication in the underwater environment. The high-speed optical communication is limited up to a few tens of meters due to underwater channel impairments and misalignment between the transmitter (Tx) and the receiver (Rx). UWOC provides high-speed communications only in the line of sight conditions, and a small misalignment between the Tx and the Rx can degrade the system performance. In an attempt to understand and minimize this misalignment issue, we investigate how received power in a UWOC system depends on the transmitted beam’s divergence angle. Simulation results are provided to show the effectiveness of the study by comparing the plane, Gaussian, and spherical beams. Monte Carlo simulations are utilized to determine the maximum allowable lateral offset between Tx and Rx for a given Tx divergence angle. The results provide an overview and design-based trade-off between different parameters such as lateral offset, the power received, and bandwidth of the channel. The proposed method improves not only the maximum allowed link-span but also the bandwidth of the channel for a given transmission distance.

Efficient Adaptive Equalization for Wireless Optical Communication Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 224-231
Author(s):  
Randa S. Hammad ◽  
El_Sayed M. El_Rabaie ◽  
Fathi. E. Abd-El-Samie ◽  
Ibrahim M. El-Dokany
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communication ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Adaptive Equalization ◽  
Wireless Optical Communication ◽  
Optical Communication Systems

scholarly journals A routing-benefited deployment approach combining static and dynamic layouts for underwater optical wireless networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 155014772199961
Author(s):  
Zhongwei Shen ◽  
Hongxi Yin ◽  
Yanjun Liang ◽  
Rigele Maao ◽  
Lianyou Jing
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communication ◽  
Loss Rate ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Optical Wireless ◽  
Wireless Optical Communication ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Virtual Force ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Term Monitoring

A routing-benefited deployment algorithm combining static and dynamic layouts is proposed, and its comprehensive performance evaluation is given in this article. The proposed routing-benefited deployment algorithm is intended to provide a suitable network deployment and subsequent data transmission approach for underwater optical networking and communication. Static nodes are anchored for long-term monitoring, and movable nodes can adjust their depths based on the virtual force and move with the variation of area-of-interest changing. Then, nodes begin to collect data that they can monitor and transmit to sink nodes. Here, the underwater wireless optical communication model is described to actualize the real environment, and the vector-based forwarding protocol is particularly considered to compare the impact of different deployment algorithms on routing. It is shown by simulation experiment results that routing-benefited deployment algorithm outperforms several existing traditional virtual force deployment algorithms in terms of coverage, lifetime, energy consumption balance, packet-loss rate, and time-delay.

Performance of LED for line-of-sight (LoS) underwater wireless optical communication system

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alaa G. Nasser ◽  
Mazin Ali A. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communication ◽  
Link Quality ◽  
Line Of Sight ◽  
Modulation Scheme ◽  
Underwater Communication ◽  
Optical Communication System ◽  
High Data ◽  
Wireless Optical Communication ◽  
Noise Rate ◽  
Wireless Optical Communications

AbstractUnderwater wireless optical communications (UWOC) recently emerge as a solution to the problem of underwater communication for link with a high data rate, low delay, safety, and high immunity. In this study, the line of sight (LoS) method based on LED used for UWOC with different modulation schemes. The bit error rate (BER), signal-to-noise rate, and quality factor are used for assessing system performance and link quality. Besides the effect of transmitting angle, distance link (d), and transmitting power (PT) are analysed. Results show that 8-pulse position modulation (PPM) is the best modulation scheme for achieving a good link in the LoS method.

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