Experimental Results of Magnetic Communication Using the Giant Magnetoimpedance Receiver in Underwater Environments

Abstract

This letter presents the topology of a novel approach to magnetic communication using a giant magnetoimpedance (GMI)-based receiver with a GMI sensor in underwater media such as freshwater. In addition, practical channel test results for the magnetic communication link of a GMI receiver in freshwater are first presented. For this test, a magnetic communication system using a GMI-based receiver, including triangularly arranged transmission coil antennas, was proposed. Wireless digital communication using quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK), which is less sensitive to noise and has a high data rate, was used to evaluate the proposed GMI receiver. Several performance metrics, such as constellation, data rate, and error vector magnitude, were measured at 20 kHz. The test results were meaningful, indicating that the proposed magnetic communication system using a GMI-based receiver can be a promising solution for wireless communication in extreme environments, such as underwater media.