Presentation 2022-10-14
Fundamental Study of Underwater Acoustic Communication Using a Bidirectional Retrodirective System
Takahiro Ishikawa, Shingo Yoshizawa,
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Abstract(in English) Beamforming is a technique that concentrates wave energy in a specific direction using multiple element arrays. It can expand the communication transmission range and reduce multipath interference in underwater acoustic communication. We studied a retrodirective system that estimates the direction of arrival (DOA) from a sound wave in the other communication terminal and controls the transmission direction in the opposite direction in the previous work. This study proposes a bidirectional retrodirective system that estimates the DOA and controls the transmission direction at each terminal. In the verification of the proposed method, we evaluated the communication characteristics of the line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) environments by simulation and conducted actual measurement tests in the swimming pool.
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Keyword(in English) Underwater Acoustic Communication / Beamforming / Direction of Arrival Estimation / Retrodirective System
Paper # SIS2022-20
Date of Issue 2022-10-06 (SIS)

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Committee SIS / ITE-BCT
Conference Date 2022/10/13(2days)
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Place (in English) Hachinohe Institute of Technology
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Chair Tomoaki Kimura(Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.) / 斎藤 恭一(NHK)
Vice Chair Naoto Sasaoka(Tottori Univ.) / Hakaru Tamukoh(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.) / 村田 英一(山口大) / 斉藤 一(テレビ東京)
Secretary Naoto Sasaoka(NTT) / Hakaru Tamukoh(Kansai Univ.) / 村田 英一(千葉大) / 斉藤 一
Assistant Yoshiaki Makabe(Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.) / Yosuke Sugiura(Saitama Univ.) / 神原 浩平(NHK) / 鈴村 高幸(テレビ朝日) / 松﨑 敬文(NHK) / 宮野 真由子(東芝インフラシステムズ) / 大内 幹博(パナソニック) / 榎 芳栄(TBSテレビ) / 水本 哲弥(日本学術振興会)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Smart Info-Media Systems / Technical Group on Broadcasting Technology
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Fundamental Study of Underwater Acoustic Communication Using a Bidirectional Retrodirective System
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Underwater Acoustic Communication
Keyword(2) Beamforming
Keyword(3) Direction of Arrival Estimation
Keyword(4) Retrodirective System
1st Author's Name Takahiro Ishikawa
1st Author's Affiliation Kitami Institute of Technology(Kitami Inst. of Tech.)
2nd Author's Name Shingo Yoshizawa
2nd Author's Affiliation Kitami Institute of Technology(Kitami Inst. of Tech.)
Date 2022-10-14
Paper # SIS2022-20
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) SIS-209
Page pp.pp.49-52(SIS),
#Pages 4
Date of Issue 2022-10-06 (SIS)