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Hierarchical Modulation Detection of Underwater Acoustic Communication Signals Through Maximum Likelihood Combining

Sanderson, Josh
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1410872323

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2014, Master of Science in Engineering (MSEgr), Wright State University, Electrical Engineering.
Modulation detection is important to many communication applications. Much research has been done in this area for radio frequency (RF) signals, but until recently little has carried over to the underwater communication world. Traditional methods include the use of fourth order cumulants or second order cyclostationary features to determine the modulation scheme being used. Many of these methods fail due to the complex and varying nature of the underwater channel. This thesis proposes a new form of hierarchy modulation detection for underwater acoustic communication signals using maximum likelihood combining. The proposed method for hierarchical modulation detection for this research is a two-step process. The first step uses cyclostationary features which are insensitive to the many of the effects of the underwater channel and will provide a useful way to classify between BPSK and higher order modulation schemes. The next step will use maximum likelihood combining to determine whether the non-BPSK signals are QPSK or 16QAM. The use of noncontiguous block spacing can also help improve the probability of correct detection. Two methods were implemented and tested to find the correct modulation, averaging and voting. For averaging, the mean of multiple blocks were combined and a decision made on the result. For voting, a decision was made for each block, and the majority decision was chosen. Using underwater acoustic communication data, a high degree of accuracy is achieved for modulation detection of BPSK, QPSK, and 16QAM signals. The best result occurred for the averaging method combining three noncontiguous blocks, where the correct modulation was detected to be 94:23 for BPSK, 91:54 for QPSK and 90:77 for 16QAM. The proposed method overcomes the effects of the underwater channel with a high probability of correct detection using real captured sea data.
Zhiqiang Wu, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Frank Zhang, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Bin Wang, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
45 p.
Electrical Engineering
electrical engineering

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  • Sanderson, J. (2014). Hierarchical Modulation Detection of Underwater Acoustic Communication Signals Through Maximum Likelihood Combining [Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1410872323

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sanderson, Josh. Hierarchical Modulation Detection of Underwater Acoustic Communication Signals Through Maximum Likelihood Combining. 2014. Wright State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1410872323.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sanderson, Josh. "Hierarchical Modulation Detection of Underwater Acoustic Communication Signals Through Maximum Likelihood Combining." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1410872323

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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