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I propose a new communications scheme where signature signals are used to carry digital data by suitably modulating the signal parameters with information bits. One possible application for the proposed scheme is in underwater acoustic (UWA) communications; with this motivation, I demonstrate how it can be applied in UWA communications.

I propose a new communications scheme where signature signals are used to carry digital data by suitably modulating the signal parameters with information bits. One possible application for the proposed scheme is in underwater acoustic (UWA) communications; with this motivation, I demonstrate how it can be applied in UWA communications. In order to do that, I exploit existing parameterized models for mammalian sounds by using them as signature signals. Digital data is transmitted by mapping vectors of information bits to a carefully designed set of parameters with values obtained from the biomimetic signal models. To complete the overall system design, I develop appropriate receivers taking into account the specific UWA channel models. I present some numerical results from the analysis of data recorded during the Kauai Acomms MURI 2011 (KAM11) UWA communications experiment.

It is shown that the proposed communication scheme results in approximate channel models with amplitude-limited inputs and signal-dependent additive noise. Motivated by this observation, I study capacity of amplitude-limited channels under different transmission scenarios. Specifically, I consider fading channels, signal-dependent additive Gaussian noise channels, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems and parallel Gaussian channels under peak power constraints.

I also consider practical channel coding problems for channels with signal-dependent noise. I consider two specific models; signal-dependent additive Gaussian noise channels and Z-channels which serve as binary-input binary-output approximations to the Gaussian case. I propose a new upper bound on the probability of error, and utilize it for design of codes. I illustrate the tightness of the derived bounds and the performance of the designed codes via examples.
ContributorsElMoslimany, Ahmad (Author) / Duman, Tolga M. (Thesis advisor) / Papandreou-Suppappola, Antonia (Committee member) / Tepedelenlioğlu, Cihan (Committee member) / Kosut, Oliver (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2015