Background Reading

General Background on Underwater Acoustic Communications

An overview of underwater communications (Powerpoint)
Milica Stojanovic
MIT

Acoustic propagation considerations for underwater acoustic communications network development
James Preisig
Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

The state of the art in underwater acoustic telemetry
Kilfoyle, D.B.; Baggeroer, A.B.
Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
Volume 25, Issue 1, Jan 2000 pp. 4-27

Underwater Acoustic Communication Strategies

Phase-coherent digital communications for underwater acoustic channels
Stojanovic, M. Catipovic, J.A. Proakis, J.G.
Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
Volume 19, Issue 1, Jan 1994 pp. 100-111

Performance analysis of adaptive equalization for coherent acoustic communications in the time-varying ocean environment
James C. Preisig
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume 118, Issue 1, July 2005 pp. 263-278

Dopplar Spread Channels

Communication over Doppler spread channels. Part I: Channel and receiver presentation
Eggen, T.H.; Baggeroer, A.B.; Preisig, J.C.
Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
Volume 25, Issue 1, Jan 2000 pp. 62-71

Communication over Doppler spread channels. II. Receiver characterization and practical results
Eggen, T.H.; Preisig, J.C.; Baggeroer, A.B.
Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
Volume 26, Issue 4, Oct 2001 pp. 612-621