Systematic measurements were performed to characterize shallow-water acoustic
propagation channels for applications in the field of underwater communications. The survey …

Traditional channel models for communications research are designed for narrowband
systems. Underwater acoustic communication systems use a bandwidth that is not small …

This paper discusses validation methods for underwater acoustic communication channel
simulators, and validates direct and stochastic replay of underwater acoustic communication …

Sea-surface scattering by wind-generated waves and bubbles is regarded to be the main
nonplatform related cause of the time variability of shallow acoustic communication …

The Fourier series method for implementing the Rayleigh hypothesis [Rayleigh-Fourier
method (RFM)] is used as a reference solution to assess the Kirchhoff approximation of the …

Arrival time fluctuations of coherent reflections from surface gravity waves are examined. A
two-dimensional ray model with an evolving rough sea surface is used to explain the …

As part of the 2013 Target and REverberation eXperiment (TREX13), which took place off
the coast of Panama City, FL, USA, directional wave measurements were made using two …

The paper presents the results of an experiment on measuring the characteristics of
backscattering of sound waves by a rough surface. Measurements were conducted in the …

Results of an experiment to measure vertical spatial coherence from acoustic paths
interacting once with the sea surface but at perpendicular azimuth angles are presented …

A phase-coherent shallow underwater multipath channel simulation is described that
combines the eigenpath amplitude/delay responses from a ray-tracing model for the flat …