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Doppler scale estimation is one critical step needed by the resampling operation in acoustic communication receivers. In this paper, we compare different Doppler scale estimation methods using either cyclic‐prefixed (CP) or zero‐padded (ZP) orthogonal‐frequency division‐multiplexing (OFDM) waveforms. For a CP‐OFDM preamble, a self‐correlation method allows for blind Doppler scale estimation based on an embedded repetition structure while a cross‐correlation method is available with the knowledge of the waveform. For each received ZP‐OFDM block, the existence of null subcarriers allows for blind Doppler scale estimation. In addition, a pilot‐aided method and a decision‐aided method are applicable based on cross‐correlation with templates constructed from symbols on pilot subcarriers only and from symbols on all subcarriers after data decoding, respectively. This paper carries out extensive …