A joint synchronization parameter estimation in fractional Fourier transform orthogonal frequency division multiplexing underwater acoustic communication system

• Main Authors: Jia-chun Zheng, Hai-xin Sun, Cheng-Fu Yang, Jing Liu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-03-01
• Series: Advances in Mechanical Engineering
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1177/1687814016638310

In the conditions of Gaussian noise, symmetric alpha stable impulse noise, multipath propagation, Doppler effect, and so on, a joint synchronization algorithm is proposed for underwater acoustic communication system based on fractional Fourier transform orthogonal frequency division multiplexing. The algorithm realizes the orthogonal multicarrier underwater acoustic communication system synchronization based on that the symmetrical triangular linear frequency modulation signal has the energy convergence in the domain of fractional Fourier transform. In order to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm, hyperbolic frequency modulation signal and linear frequency modulation signal are used as the evaluation index, and the synchronization performance of bit error rate of them is compared by simulation and pool experiments. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm in this article is resistant to Gaussian noise, symmetric alpha stable pulse noise, multipath propagation, and Doppler effect, compared with traditional synchronization algorithms; the synchronization error probability is low at the same signal-to-noise ratio.