Joint Spectrum Sensing and Resource Allocation for OFDMA-based Underwater Acoustic Communications

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Autores principales: Kim, Minwoo, Choi, Youngchol, Kim, Yeongjun, Seo, Eojin, Yang, Hyun Jong
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Publicado: 2025
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author Kim, Minwoo
Choi, Youngchol
Kim, Yeongjun
Seo, Eojin
Yang, Hyun Jong
author_facet Kim, Minwoo
Choi, Youngchol
Kim, Yeongjun
Seo, Eojin
Yang, Hyun Jong
contents Underwater acoustic (UWA) communications generally rely on cognitive radio (CR)-based ad-hoc networks due to challenges such as long propagation delay, limited channel resources, and high attenuation. To address the constraints of limited frequency resources, UWA communications have recently incorporated orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), significantly enhancing spectral efficiency (SE) through multiplexing gains. Still, {the} low propagation speed of UWA signals, combined with {the} dynamic underwater environment, creates asynchrony in multiple access scenarios. This causes inaccurate spectrum sensing as inter-carrier interference (ICI) increases, which leads to difficulties in resource allocation. As efficient resource allocation is essential for achieving high-quality communication in OFDMA-based CR networks, these challenges degrade communication reliability in UWA systems. To resolve the issue, we propose an end-to-end sensing and resource optimization method using deep reinforcement learning (DRL) in an OFDMA-based UWA-CR network. Through extensive simulations, we confirm that the proposed method is superior to baseline schemes, outperforming other methods by 42.9 % in SE and 4.4 % in communication success rate.
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spellingShingle Joint Spectrum Sensing and Resource Allocation for OFDMA-based Underwater Acoustic Communications
Kim, Minwoo
Choi, Youngchol
Kim, Yeongjun
Seo, Eojin
Yang, Hyun Jong
Signal Processing
Underwater acoustic (UWA) communications generally rely on cognitive radio (CR)-based ad-hoc networks due to challenges such as long propagation delay, limited channel resources, and high attenuation. To address the constraints of limited frequency resources, UWA communications have recently incorporated orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), significantly enhancing spectral efficiency (SE) through multiplexing gains. Still, {the} low propagation speed of UWA signals, combined with {the} dynamic underwater environment, creates asynchrony in multiple access scenarios. This causes inaccurate spectrum sensing as inter-carrier interference (ICI) increases, which leads to difficulties in resource allocation. As efficient resource allocation is essential for achieving high-quality communication in OFDMA-based CR networks, these challenges degrade communication reliability in UWA systems. To resolve the issue, we propose an end-to-end sensing and resource optimization method using deep reinforcement learning (DRL) in an OFDMA-based UWA-CR network. Through extensive simulations, we confirm that the proposed method is superior to baseline schemes, outperforming other methods by 42.9 % in SE and 4.4 % in communication success rate.
title Joint Spectrum Sensing and Resource Allocation for OFDMA-based Underwater Acoustic Communications
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13008