{"title":"A study on network coding in underwater networks","authors":"N. Chirdchoo, M. Chitre, Wee-Seng Soh","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664326","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the performance of network coding in underwater acoustic networks is evaluated. The objective of this study is to determine the suitability of using network coding for error recovery in the high error rate underwater acoustic channel; and if so, what parameter settings should be used for a given network so that it can achieve the desired performance. Our study of network coding is conducted independently of Medium Access Control (MAC) and routing protocols. Thus, the results and findings can be applied and used to understand underwater network coding's behavior in a more generic network scenario.","PeriodicalId":363534,"journal":{"name":"OCEANS 2010 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE","volume":"305 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122306171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of literature and studies on electro magnetic fields (EMF) generated by undersea power cables and associated influence on marine organisms","authors":"T. Switzer, D. Meggitt","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664611","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the available literature on EMF transmitted by submarine cables and the effects, if any, on marine organisms to assess the possible implications for environmental permitting of submarine power cables, such as those required for offshore wind, wave, tidal and Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) projects. The potential for EMF effects on marine organisms frequently has been a controversial aspect of the environmental assessments for marine renewable energy projects. The intent of this paper is to summarize all of the available data on EMF effects on marine organisms and to provide a resource for future environmental assessments.","PeriodicalId":363534,"journal":{"name":"OCEANS 2010 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126637482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics of underwater ambient noise at a proposed tidal energy site in puget sound","authors":"Christopher Bassett, Jim Thomson, B. Polagye","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664380","url":null,"abstract":"Ambient underwater acoustics data are presented for one year at a potential tidal energy site in Admiralty Inlet, WA (USA) with maximum currents exceeding 3 m/s. The site, at a depth of approximately 60 meters, is located near shipping lanes, a local ferry route, and a transit area for many cetacean species. A key finding is that the statistical distribution of total sound pressure levels are dependent on tidal currents at the site. Pseudosound, cobbles shifting on the sea bed, and vibrations induced by forces on the equipment are possible explanations. Non-propagating turbulent pressure fluctuations, termed pseudosound, can mask ambient noise, especially in highly energetic environments suitable for tidal energy development. A statistical method identifies periods during which changes in the mean and standard deviation of the one-third octave band sound pressure levels are statistically significant and thus suggestive of pseudosound contamination. For each deployment, recordings with depth averaged tidal currents greater than 1 m/s are found to be contaminated, and only recordings with currents below this threshold are used in the subsequent ambient noise analysis. Mean total sound pressure levels (0.156 - 30 kHz) over all recordings are 117 dB re 1μPa. Total sound pressure levels exceed 100 dB re 1μPa 99% of the time and exceed 135 dB re 1μPa 4% of the time. Commercial shipping and ferry traffic are found to be the most significant contributors to ambient noise levels at the site, with secondary contributions from rain, wind, and marine mammal vocalizations. Post-processed data from an AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiver is used to determine the location of ships during each recording. Referencing 368 individual recordings with the distance between the ferry and the site obtained from AIS data, the source level of the ferry is estimated to be 179 ± 4 dB re 1μPa at 1m with a logarithmic spreading loss coefficient of 18.","PeriodicalId":363534,"journal":{"name":"OCEANS 2010 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125839991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Projection-based tapering for conventional beamforming on nonlinear sonar arrays","authors":"R. Otnes, N. Skjei","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5663849","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5663849","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a projection-based tapering method for conventional beamforming on nonlinear sonar arrays. The method is shown to be robust to modelling errors, in contrast to previously proposed array interpolation methods. Simulations using the LASAR40 diver detection sonar as an example show that the sidelobe level is decreased compared to direct application of a standard tapering function to the array or part of it. In locations with considerable amount of reverberation, the decreased sidelobe level translates directly into increased detection range. The proposed method can be applied to any nonlinear array, e.g. circular array configurations.","PeriodicalId":363534,"journal":{"name":"OCEANS 2010 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126006039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing experience and gaining knowledge for Naval Operations in an ice free Arctic Ocean","authors":"S. McLaughlin, M. McCallister, T. Higbee","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5663926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5663926","url":null,"abstract":"Preparing to Introduce U.S. Navy Forces into the Arctic. Scientific data indicate that global climate change is warming the Arctic Ocean Basin at a greater rate than other regions of the Earth. Assuming this pattern continues, within this decade both the northeastern and northwestern passages through the Arctic Basin will be clear for a significant part of the year, and indeed the entire Arctic Ocean may be essentially ice free for several months every year. Arctic nations and some U.S. peer competitors are already demonstrating significant interest in arctic exploration and exploiting the projected vast mineral resources that lie on or under the seafloor in the Arctic basin. A multitude of enabling actions should be completed to ensure that our understanding of the Arctic environment allows the United States Navy to successfully operate in that harsh, remote environment. First, data that were gathered during the Cold War years must be resurrected, geo-located, and analyzed to establish a foundation upon which to build. From those results, new studies can be defined to fill gaps in the available data and to evaluate the changes that are occurring, including the potential impact of human activities. Necessary studies include seafloor mapping, sub-bottom profiling, bathymetric analysis, acoustic performance modeling and basing studies. From those studies, enhanced models can be developed to better predict accelerating environmental changes and guide collection of the data necessary to prepare for deployment of systems necessary for national security. A first use of those data and models should be to plan and install a test surveillance array and to conduct studies to support basing vessels in Northern Alaska or at sea in deeper water. This paper summarizes the types of data that can be expected from an array installation and it describes enabling tasks the must be completed in order to effectively operate in the Arctic.","PeriodicalId":363534,"journal":{"name":"OCEANS 2010 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126767237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Marine hydrokinetic turbine technology and the environment: Device-biota interactions","authors":"Souder Heidi Crevison, Ye Li, R. Thresher","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664055","url":null,"abstract":"Because marine hydrokinetic (MHK) turbine technologies are still in their infancy, their impacts on the environment remain largely unknown. Although few empirical data exist for MHK technologies, more data are available for other man-made structures. This paper discusses fish, mammal, bird, and benthic organism interactions with MHK devices and other man-made structures that may be analogous to these MHK technologies. In experiments conducted on the Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 2, the survival of several species of small and large fish that passed through an MHK turbine was 99%. No data on mammal, sea turtle, or bird interactions with MHK turbines were available, but other types of anthropogenic mortality and traumatic injuries to these groups of animals have been well documented. Collisions with ships and fishing gear have greatly impacted most groups of marine mammals. Large whales that inhabit shallow coastal waters and diving birds that use sight to pursue prey underwater are at risk for collision. However, many devices have a positive impact on fish or benthic organism populations because they act as fish aggregation devices or artificial reefs.","PeriodicalId":363534,"journal":{"name":"OCEANS 2010 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121443947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. McGaughey, D. Marcotte, M. Korenberg, J. Theriault
{"title":"Detection and classification of marine mammal clicks","authors":"D. McGaughey, D. Marcotte, M. Korenberg, J. Theriault","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664576","url":null,"abstract":"Detection of marine mammals within an influence zone of episodal anthropogenic noise source is critical to insure the safety of the animals. Marine mammal clicks are closely modeled by AM/FM signals. The Teager-Kaiser energy operator followed by a threshold detector provides an effective means of detecting AM/FM signals. Classification of the species generating the click is done by finding the maximum cross-covariance between the power spectral density (PSD) of the received click and the PSDs of clicks which have been identified. The classification algorithm will create a new library entry when the cross-covariance is below a predefined threshold. Five species of marine mammals were classified using data from the 3rd International Workshop on Detection, Classification and Localization of Marine Mammals (DCL). This paper presented a computationally-inexpensive marine mammal detection and classification algorithm with high probabilities of detection and correct classification.","PeriodicalId":363534,"journal":{"name":"OCEANS 2010 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE","volume":"22 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120857058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A high data-rate, software-defined underwater acoustic modem","authors":"N. Nowsheen, C. Benson, M. Frater","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664474","url":null,"abstract":"Most underwater acoustic modems offer only low data rates. This is largely because they operate at low frequency, which limits the channel bandwidth available, and hence the symbol rate. The low frequency acoustic channel suffers from substantial multipath and doppler effects, which constrain the signal quality at the receiver. As a result only 1 or 2 bits per symbol are achieved, with the effective data rate further reduced by error control coding. High frequency acoustic signals are heavily attenuated in water, severely constraining the range of high frequency links. High frequency signals however offer substantially greater signal bandwidth, and probably improved channel quality which guides our design choice of a high frequency acoustic modem for underwater communication. Contemporary Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) can provide good system functionality at low cost and with the flexibility to perform rapid testing and development of communication algorithms. They may also be competitive in production systems. In this paper we describe current progress in development of a high frequency, high data-rate modem which is implemented entirely in FPGA. This differs from most existing modems which are based on DSP processors. Being software defined, the modem is flexible because the parameters can be reconfigured with relative ease, minimising the cost of rework as the design evolves. This modem will not only demonstrate the feasibility of high frequency FPGA based modems, but will also be a valuable tool to provide a better understanding of the high frequency acoustic channel, and demonstrate the utility of absorption to enhance channel re-use rates in underwater acoustic networks. The modulator has been implemented in the FPGA, to produce laboratory and open water tests that conform to modelling. The demodulator has been implemented in Matlab, and recovers the carrier, code synchronisation and data from recordings of both laboratory and open water tests. Coding of the demodulator into the FPGA is currently in progress.","PeriodicalId":363534,"journal":{"name":"OCEANS 2010 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127982742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emerging capabilities for autonomous inspection repair and maintenance","authors":"D. Mcleod","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664441","url":null,"abstract":"Inspection Repair and Maintenance (IRM) of Deepwater Oil and Gas infrastructure is currently limited to the capability provided by today's work class Remotely Operated Vehicles. A significant portion of ROV operations underutilize their work capabilities for routine tasks such as inspection, survey, and light intervention and yet still require large dynamically positioned surface vessels and large, heavy deck spreads including umbilical winches and launch and recovery gear along with the associated costs of crew system maintenance and mobilization/demobilization. AUVs capabilities are emerging that permit deepwater autonomous inspection, repair and light intervention, eliminating the restrictions imposed by an ROV at a significantly lower cost to the operator by reducing support ship requirements, mobilization and demobilization costs, offshore crew size and skills, and greater inspection efficiency. Critical technological advancements include mature hover capable vehicles with sufficient energy to conduct deepwater operations, modular autonomous perception and response architecture, and new technologies such as 3D sonar, 3D lasers, and automated real time change detection. Similar to the revolution that occurred with ROVs in the '80s and '90s, AUVs are rapidly advancing in capability and will play a significant role in deepwater operations. While the specific policy implications of the Deepwater Horizon disaster are not predictable we can expect that deepwater drilling and production will require more frequent inspection and testing of subsea assets. Operating companies will be searching for cost effective and safe means of accomplishing deepwater inspections, and AUVs offer a compelling solution.","PeriodicalId":363534,"journal":{"name":"OCEANS 2010 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128796311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the use of adaptive beam forming techniques for geoacoustic inversion of marine ambient noise","authors":"L. Muzi, M. Siderius, J. Gebbie, J. Paddock","doi":"10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664300","url":null,"abstract":"We provide an explanation for the poor performance of the minimum-variance distortionless-response (MVDR) beam former when applied to one particular technique for geoacoustic inversion of marine ambient noise. Previous studies have shown that using the Bartlett beam former one can estimate the reflection loss (RL) as a function of frequency and grazing angle, and use it to estimate the seabed geoacoustic parameters. Despite its superior performance in direction-of-arrival estimation, the MVDR beam former's results for RL estimation are less reliable than those yielded by the Bartlett beam former. One important difference between the two beam formers lies in the fact that the MVDR beam patterns for the two look directions ±φ can be markedly different, whereas the Bartlett beam patterns are always symmetric with respect to the broadside look direction. By estimating the RL from simulated acoustic fields we first present a method of quantifying and visualizing the asymmetry, and then show that it is responsible for the anomalies in the MVDR-based RL estimate.","PeriodicalId":363534,"journal":{"name":"OCEANS 2010 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132895735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}