Modulation Techniques for Underwater Acoustic Communication: A Comprehensive Survey

The underwater acoustic channel poses a significant challenge among communication mediums due to its time-varying dynamics, long multipath propagation, and severe Doppler shifts. Ensuring reliable data transmission under these conditions demands advanced modulation techniques, sophisticated signal p...

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Published in:	IEEE Access
Main Authors:	Muhammad Haziq, Quoc Viet Phung, Stefan Lachowicz, Daryoush Habibi, Iftekhar Ahmad
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 2025-01-01
Subjects:	Modulation underwater acoustic communication AI channel modeling and estimation security energy
Online Access:	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11134363/

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