Title
Capacity Scaling Laws For Underwater Networks
Abstract
The underwater acoustic channel is characterized by a path loss that depends not only on the transmission distance, but also on the signal frequency. Signals transmitted from one user to another over a distance l are subject to a power loss of l(-alpha)a(f)(-l). Although a terrestrial radio channel can be modeled similarly, the underwater acoustic channel has different characteristics. The spreading factor (), related to the geometry of propagation, has values in the range 1 <= alpha <= 2. The absorption coefficient a(f) is a rapidly increasing function of frequency: it is three orders of magnitude greater at 100 kHz than at a few Hz. Existing results for capacity of wireless networks correspond to scenarios for which a(f) = 1, or a constant greater than one, and alpha >= 2. These results cannot be applied to underwater acoustic networks in which the attenuation varies over the system bandwidth. We use a water-filling argument to assess the minimum transmission power and optimum transmission band as functions of the link distance and desired data rate, and study the capacity scaling laws under this model.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/ACSSC.2008.5074809
2008 42ND ASILOMAR CONFERENCE ON SIGNALS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTERS, VOLS 1-4
Keywords
DocType
Volume
absorption coefficient,acoustic attenuation,signal transmission,wireless network,upper bound,underwater acoustic communication,bandwidth,acoustics,absorption,underwater acoustics,path loss,throughput,channel capacity
Journal
9
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2-3
1058-6393
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.45
8
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Daniel Enrique Lucani121718.06
Muriel Médard26828599.31
Milica Stojanovic31056153.29