Dept.

of Electronics & Telecommunication

Engg.
Seminar on

Underwater Wireless Communication Technology

Submitted by,
Neelasha Baa
Roll no:-35815
Regd. No:-1601105057
 Introduction
 History
 Necessity of Underwater wireless communication
 Underwater wireless communication technology
 Application
 Advantages
 Limitation
 Conclusion
 Reference
 Underwater wireless communication is the wireless
communication in which acoustic signals carry digital information
through an underwater channel.
 The signals that are used to carry digital information through an
underwater channel are the acoustic wave.
 The science of underwater acoustic began in 1490, when Leonardo Da
Vinci, stated.
 In 1687 Isaac Newton wrote his Mathematical Principles of Natural
Philosophy which included the first mathematical treatment of sound in
water.
 In 1919, the first scientific paper on underwater acoustic was published.
Necessity of underwater Wireless Communication

Wired underwater is not feasible in all situations as

shown below:-
 Temporary experiments
 Breaking of wires
 Significant cost of deployment
 Experiment over long distances
 Radio waves do not propagate well underwater due to the high
energy absorption of water.
 Therefore, underwater communication are based on acoustic links
characterized by large propagation delays.
 Acoustic channels have low bandwidth.
 The propagation speed of acoustic signals in water is typically 1500
m/s.
 It cannot rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS
As per the application, underwater wireless
communication are of two types:-
Centralized Network Decentralized Network
Topology Topology
 Employ advanced modulation scheme and channel equalization for
improved signal to noise ratio.
 Employ high performance error detection and correction coding scheme
which reduces bit error rate to less than 10-7.
 When no data is being transferred:-

No data is
Modem
transmitted
(Sleep mode)

 When data needs to be transferred:-

Modem Modem Transmit

(sleep mode) (transmit mode) the data
 Group of sensors and vehicles deployed underwater and networked
via acoustic links performing collaborative tasks.
 Equipment
– Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
– Underwater acoustic sensors (UW-ASN)
 Path loss : Due to attenuation and geometric
spreading.
 Noise : Man-made noise and ambient noise(due to
hydrodynamics).
 Multi-path propagation.
 High propagation delay.
 Can be used to provide early warnings of tsunamis
generated by undersea earthquakes.
 It avoids data spoofing.
 It avoids privacy leakage.
 Pollution monitoring.
 Battery power is limited and usually batteries can not be
recharged easily.
 The available bandwidth is severely limited.
 High bit error rate.
 Multipath problems.
 Major part of the ocean bottom yet remains
unexplored.
 Objective is to overcome the present limitations and
implement advanced technology for oceanographic
research.
 To cope up with the environmental effects on the noise
performance of acoustic systems.
 www.google.com
 www.Wikipedia.com
 www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/newsletters/o
es/html/spring06/underwater.html
 www.gleonrcn.org/pgmdownload_media.php?nam
e=Aquanode.pps
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