BASED ON PRODUCTS

+-------------------------------------------+-----------------+---------------
+------------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------
+-------------+-------------------------+
| Underwater | Evo logics S2CR | Aquatec Aqua | Evo
logics S2CT | Develogic | Dspcomm | Develogic | Evo logics
| Teledyne Marine |
| | WiSE series | modem |
series | HAM.NODE | Aquacomm | HAM.BASE | S2CR
48/78 | ATM-900 Series |
| Modems | | 1000 |
| | | | series |
|
+========================+==================+=================+===============+====
==============+======================+=================+===============+===========
==+=========================+
| System features | Processing | . | |
| | | TI | |
|
| | Unit | | |
| | | TMS320C67xx | |
|
| | | | |
| | | 2xMSP430 | |
|
| +------------------+-----------------+---------------
+------------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------
+-------------+-------------------------+
| | Frequency band | 48-78 kHz | 7.5 –12 kHz |
42-65 kHz | 2.5-4.5kHz(LF) | 16kHz -30kHz | 40-65kHz | 48 - 78 kHz
| 9 - 14 kHz (LF) |
| | | | |
| 8-13kHz(MF) | | | | 16-21
kHz(MF) |
| | | 18-34 kHz | |
18-34 kHz | 11-20kHz(MF) | | |
| 22-27 kHz(Band C) |
| | | | |
| 17-29kHz(MHF) | | | |
|
+------------------------+------------------+-----------------+---------------
+------------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------
+-------------+-------------------------+
| Communication features | Centre Frequency | 63 | |
53.5 | | 23 | | 53.5 |
|
| | (kHz) | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | 26 | |
26 | | | | |
|
| +------------------+-----------------+---------------
+------------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------
+-------------+-------------------------+
| | Bandwidth | 30 | 4.5 |
23 | | 14 | 2.5 to | 23 |
|
| | (kHz) | | |
| | | 70 | |
|
| | | 16 | |
16 | | | | |
|
| +------------------+-----------------+---------------
+------------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------
+-------------+-------------------------+
| | Default | | FSK |
FSK | OFDM | OFDM | Non coherent | |
FH,MFSK |
| | Modulation | | DPSK-SS |
DPSK | mDPSK | DSSS | n-mFSK | |
PSK |
| | | | |
| | | m-DPSK | |
|
| +------------------+-----------------+---------------
+------------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------
+-------------+-------------------------+
| | Algorithms | | |
| Convolutional | CRC16 error | Convolutional | | Data
redundancy, |
| | mentioned | | |
| forward error | detection | forward error | | 1/2 rate
convolutional |
| | | | |
| correction, | | correction | |
coding, |
| | | | |
| check sum validation | | | | mulitpath
guard period |
| | | | |
| | | | |
selection |
| +------------------+-----------------+---------------
+------------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------
+-------------+-------------------------+
| | Tx. Power | 60 | 20 |
60 | 200 | 30 | 250 | 60 |
|
| | (W) | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | 65 | |
65 | | | | |
|
+------------------------+------------------+-----------------+---------------
+------------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------
+-------------+-------------------------+
| Test Results | Scheme | 31200bps | 2000 bps |
31200bps | 7000bps | 100 bps | 10000bps | 31200bps
| 80bps (FH) |
| | (bit rate) | | |
| (1,950m vertical) | ,480 bps | (4-DPSK) | | 140-
2400bps(MFSK) |
| | | 13900bps | |
13900bps | (OFDM-mDPSK) | | |
| 2560-15360bps(PSK) |
| +------------------+-----------------+---------------
+------------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------
+-------------+-------------------------+
| | Range | 1 | 20 |
1 | 30 | 3 | 1.2 | 2 |
2-6 |
| | (Km) | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | 3.5 | |
3.5 | | | | (Max) |
|
+------------------------+------------------+-----------------+---------------
+------------------+----------------------+-----------------+---------------
+-------------+-------------------------+

+-----------------------------------------+-------------
+------------------------------+------------+---------------------
+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| Underwater | AquaSeNT | Kongsberg
| AquaSeNT | GPM 300 Acoustic | LinkQuest UWM | LinkQuest UWM
|
| Modems | AM-OFDM-13A | cNODE Modem
| AM-AUV | Modem | 1000 | 4000
|
+========================+================+=============+==========================
====+============+=====================+===========================+===============
============+
| System Features | Frequency band | 21-27 kHz | 20-30 kHz
| 21–27 kHz | 6.3 – 12.7 kHz | 26.77 - 44.62 kHz | 12.75-
21.25kHz |
| | | | 10-15 kHz
| | 6.5-16.5 kHz(Max) | |
|
+------------------------+----------------+-------------
+------------------------------+------------+---------------------
+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| Communication Features | Bandwidth | 6 |
| 6 | | |
|
| | (kHz) | |
| | | |
|
| +----------------+-------------
+------------------------------+------------+---------------------
+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| | | OFDM | FSK ,
| OFDM | Multichannel DSSS | |
|
| | Modulation | | Kongsberg Cymbal
| | | |
|
| | | | navigation codes
| | | |
|
| +----------------+-------------
+------------------------------+------------+---------------------
+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| | Specific | | Cymbal acoustic protocol
| | Continuous channel | Hybrid modulation | Hybrid modulation
|
| | Algorithms | | ,Optimization for
telemetry | | equalization | scheme, | scheme
|
| | mentioned | | &positioning
| | | Error coding, | Error coding
|
| | | |
| | | Automatic rate adaptation | Automatic rate
adaptation |
| +----------------+-------------
+------------------------------+------------+---------------------
+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| | Max | 25 | 100
| 25 | 300 | 2 | 7
|
| | Tx. Power | |
| | | (Omni | (Transmit
|
| | W | |
| | | -directional) | mode)
|
+------------------------+----------------+-------------
+------------------------------+------------+---------------------
+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| Test Results | Scheme | 1.5, 3, | 6000 bps
| 375, 750, | | 17800 bps | 8500 bps
|
| | (bit rate) | 4.5, 6, |
| 1500 bps | | |
|
| | | 9 bps |
| | | |
|
| +----------------+-------------
+------------------------------+------------+---------------------
+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| | Range | 5 | varies with
| 5 | | 350m | 4
|
| | (Km) | | transducer used
| | 25(Voice Comm) | |
|
| | | |
| | 45(Digital comm) | |
|
+------------------------+----------------+-------------
+------------------------------+------------+---------------------
+---------------------------+---------------------------+

%--------------------------------------------------------------------BASED ON
PAPERS

+--------------------------------------------+------------------------
+----------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------
+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------
+--------------------------+-----------------------+
| | MIT Sea Grant’s | MIT CSAIL’s
| UNET-2 Modem | WHOI Micro- | A low cost and high |
Ultrasonic Underwater | A Computationally | Full-duplex, multi-user | Design
of a Low-Cost |
| | rModem | AquaNodes
| | Modem | efficient acoustic |
Acoustic Modem | Efficient Doppler | and parameter |
Underwater |
| Underwater | |
| | | modem for underwater |
Using Frequency | Compensation System | reconfigurable |
Acoustic Modem |
| | |
| | | sensor networks |
| for Underwater | underwater acoustic | |
| Modems | |
| | | |
Shift Keying (FSK) | Acoustic | communication modem |
|
| | |
| | | |
Modulation | Communications | |
|
+========================+===================+========================+============
====+===================================+====================+=====================
===+=======================+=========================+==========================+==
=====================+
| System features | | TI TMS320C6713 | ATmega128
| Altera Stratix-III (FPGA), | TI Vc5416 DSP | c8051f360 |
| | TMS320C6455 DSP | Xilinx Spartan |
| | Processing Unit | DSP, | processor,
| TigerSHARC TS201 (DSP) | (160 MIPS) | Silabs microcontroller |
| | Cortex-A8 ARM | 3 xc3s4000 FPGA |
| | | Altera Cyclone II | Blackfin
BF533 | | |
| | | |
|
| | | 33k gate FPGA | DSP
| | | |
| | | |
| +-------------------+------------------------
+----------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------
+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------
+--------------------------+-----------------------+
| | Frequency band | 1-100 kHz | 0-125kHz
| 18-36kHz | 3-30kHz | |
40-43kHz | 10-20kHz | |
|
+------------------------+-------------------+------------------------
+----------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------
+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------
+--------------------------+-----------------------+
| Communication features | Carrier Frequency | 11.5 | 30
| 78 | 10, 15 | 85, |
| 15 | | 35 |
| | (kHz) | |
| | or 25 | 100 |
| | | |
| | | |
| (Max) | | |
| | | |
| +-------------------+------------------------
+----------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------
+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------
+--------------------------+-----------------------+
| | Bandwidth | 4 |
| (2fc)/3 | 4 | 1 |
3 | 10 | |
|
| | (kHz) | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +-------------------+------------------------
+----------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------
+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------
+--------------------------+-----------------------+
| | Default | QPSK | FSK
| FH-BFSK | FH-FSK | FSK |
FSK | QPSK | OFDM | FSK
|
| | Modulation | |
| OFDM | PSK | |
| | CDMA-SS | |
| +-------------------+------------------------
+----------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------
+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------
+--------------------------+-----------------------+
| | Algorithms | DFE,RLS,PLL, |
| MIMO capability,Convolution code, | PSK equalization, | |
| Doppler estimation | DOA estimation of | |
| | mentioned | 1/2 rate convolutional |
| Golay code etc | decoding | |
| technique , | vector sensor | |
| | | coding |
| | | |
| Sample rate conversion | Doppler compensation, | |
| +-------------------+------------------------
+----------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------
+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------
+--------------------------+-----------------------+
| | Tx. Power | |
| | | |
| | | 0.379 |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | (W) | |
| | | |
| | | |
+------------------------+-------------------+------------------------
+----------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------
+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------
+--------------------------+-----------------------+
| Test results | Scheme | | 320000
bps | 400 bps | FSK 80 bps | 1000bps
| 1200bps | 16000 bps | Full duplex mode |
200 bps |
| | (bit rate) | |
| | PSK 300-5000 bps | |
| | OFDM -710 bps | |
| | | | (Max)
| | | |
| | SS -10 bps | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | Multiuser mode | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | (ss-19bps) | |
| +-------------------+------------------------
+----------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------
+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------
+--------------------------+-----------------------+
| | Range | 16m | 400m
| 3km | 2 | 10m |
100-150cm | | 3km |
150m |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | | (Max)
| | | |
| | | |
+------------------------+-------------------+------------------------
+----------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------
+------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------
+--------------------------+-----------------------+