• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 17, Issue 10, 100006 (2019)
Lian-Kuan Chen, Yingjie Shao*, and Rui Deng
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201917.100006 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Lian-Kuan Chen, Yingjie Shao, Rui Deng, "Robust UOWC systems against bubble-induced impairments via transmit/receive diversities [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 17, 100006 (2019) Copy Citation Text show less
    Illustration of the ocean bubbles, UOWC links, and underwater communication networks.
    Fig. 1. Illustration of the ocean bubbles, UOWC links, and underwater communication networks.
    Experimental setup and DSP block.
    Fig. 2. Experimental setup and DSP block.
    (a) Experimental testbed. Images of bubbles captured in the experiment with an estimated average size of (b) large size: ∼15 mm2, (c) medium size: ∼6 mm2, (d) small size: ∼2 mm2. Note that each square in the background is 10 mm×10 mm.
    Fig. 3. (a) Experimental testbed. Images of bubbles captured in the experiment with an estimated average size of (b) large size: 15mm2, (c) medium size: 6mm2, (d) small size: 2mm2. Note that each square in the background is 10mm×10mm.
    Performance of UOWC system without bubbles: (a) SNR versus subcarrier index with a bandwidth of 200 MHz, (b) BER versus data rate (different bandwidth used), (c) the distribution of packet BER for 200 packets with a signal bandwidth of 200 MHz.
    Fig. 4. Performance of UOWC system without bubbles: (a) SNR versus subcarrier index with a bandwidth of 200 MHz, (b) BER versus data rate (different bandwidth used), (c) the distribution of packet BER for 200 packets with a signal bandwidth of 200 MHz.
    BER performance of 200 packets with (a)–(c) large-size bubbles, (d)–(f) medium-size bubbles, and (g)–(i) small-size bubbles, at a distance from TXs of P1: 10 cm, P2: 40 cm, and P3: 70 cm, respectively. The green dash lines correspond to the mean levels of different schemes.
    Fig. 5. BER performance of 200 packets with (a)–(c) large-size bubbles, (d)–(f) medium-size bubbles, and (g)–(i) small-size bubbles, at a distance from TXs of P1: 10 cm, P2: 40 cm, and P3: 70 cm, respectively. The green dash lines correspond to the mean levels of different schemes.
    PDFs of the BER performance under scenarios with different bubble sizes: (a) large, (b) medium, and (c) small.
    Fig. 6. PDFs of the BER performance under scenarios with different bubble sizes: (a) large, (b) medium, and (c) small.
    Average BER of packets below SD-FEC. (The gray lines show the reference BER of each scheme without bubbles.)
    Fig. 7. Average BER of packets below SD-FEC. (The gray lines show the reference BER of each scheme without bubbles.)
    Size/PositionSISOSIMOMISOMIMO
    LP12.83E-032.80E-042.09E-039.65E-07
    P22.63E-031.08E-046.46E-045.71E-07
    P38.55E-048.04E-065.61E-062.23E-07
    MP13.81E-031.42E-043.83E-041.33E-06
    P22.90E-038.14E-041.15E-054.49E-07
    P35.59E-045.45E-063.37E-061.46E-07
    SP12.25E-037.26E-043.03E-042.41E-06
    P21.40E-031.03E-041.22E-057.15E-07
    P37.02E-048.93E-052.63E-061.63E-07
    Table 1. BER Variance
    Size/PositionSISOSIMOMISOMIMO
    LP113.0%3.4%9.6%<1%
    P214.6%1.6%7.8%<1%
    P320.4%<1%<1%<1%
    MP116.4%4.4%5.6%<1%
    P220.6%5.2%<1%<1%
    P321.0%<1%<1%<1%
    SP124.4%3.2%6.4%<1%
    P217.0%2.8%2.0%<1%
    P334.6%2.4%1.2%<1%
    Table 2. Packet Loss Rate
    Lian-Kuan Chen, Yingjie Shao, Rui Deng, "Robust UOWC systems against bubble-induced impairments via transmit/receive diversities [Invited]," Chin. Opt. Lett. 17, 100006 (2019)
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