Presentation 2020-11-27
Differential OFDM Employing Joint Detection for Underwater Acoustic Communications
Hiroshi Kubo, Yuka Tanaka, Yui Nakai, Tetsuro Kubo, Haruka Toyota, Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Kouki Toyoda,
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Abstract(in English) his paper discusses differential orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) employing joint detection (JD) for underwater acoustic communications (UWACs) in the presence of severe double selectivity, where JD can estimate channel and data simultaneously. JD is effective for severe doubly-selective environment, because JD can detect data without pilot-symbols for its channel estimation. However, even differential OFDM needs frequent synchronization word (SW) insertion, in order to track fast time-varying SW timing. If differential OFDM performs differential encoding only for time direction and data detection by means of JD, there is no constraint for its phase differences between subcarriers. Thus, this differential OFDM can employ a subcarrier phase offset (SPO) scheme, whose subcarrier reference phase is equal to Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence of SW. SPO differential OFDM can improve transmission information efficiency, because JD can operate continuously through multiple frames. Finally, computer simulation confirms performance of SPO differential OFDM in UWAC environment.
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Keyword(in English) Multi-Carrier Modulation Scheme / Differential OFDM / Joint Detection / Doubly-Selective Channels / Underwater Acoustic Communications
Paper # AP2020-89,RCS2020-131
Date of Issue 2020-11-18 (AP, RCS)

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Committee RCS / AP
Conference Date 2020/11/25(3days)
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Place (in English) Online
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Topics (in English) Adaptive Antenna, Equalization, Interference Canceler, MIMO, Wireless Communications, etc.
Chair Eiji Okamoto(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) / Qiang Chen(Tohoku Univ.)
Vice Chair Fumiaki Maehara(Waseda Univ.) / Toshihiko Nishimura(Hokkaido Univ.) / Tomoya Tandai(Toshiba) / Satoru Kurokawa(AIST)
Secretary Fumiaki Maehara(Kyushu Univ.) / Toshihiko Nishimura(NEC) / Tomoya Tandai(Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Tech.) / Satoru Kurokawa(NTT DOCOMO)
Assistant Koichi Adachi(Univ. of Electro-Comm.) / Osamu Nakamura(Sharp) / Manabu Sakai(Mitsubishi Electric) / Masashi Iwabuchi(NTT) / Tatsuki Okuyama(NTT DOCOMO) / Dr. Kim(Niigata Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Radio Communication Systems / Technical Committee on Antennas and Propagation
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Differential OFDM Employing Joint Detection for Underwater Acoustic Communications
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Multi-Carrier Modulation Scheme
Keyword(2) Differential OFDM
Keyword(3) Joint Detection
Keyword(4) Doubly-Selective Channels
Keyword(5) Underwater Acoustic Communications
1st Author's Name Hiroshi Kubo
1st Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Yuka Tanaka
2nd Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Yui Nakai
3rd Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
4th Author's Name Tetsuro Kubo
4th Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
5th Author's Name Haruka Toyota
5th Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
6th Author's Name Yoshitaka Yamamoto
6th Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
7th Author's Name Kouki Toyoda
7th Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Date 2020-11-27
Paper # AP2020-89,RCS2020-131
Volume (vol) vol.120
Number (no) AP-248,RCS-249
Page pp.pp.84-89(AP), pp.116-121(RCS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2020-11-18 (AP, RCS)