Transmit Beamforming for High-Rate Underwater Acoustic Communications

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Auteurs principaux: Cuji, Diego A., Singer, Andrew C., Stojanovic, Milica
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Publié: 2026
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author Cuji, Diego A.
Singer, Andrew C.
Stojanovic, Milica
author_facet Cuji, Diego A.
Singer, Andrew C.
Stojanovic, Milica
contents Transmit beamforming for underwater acoustic communication is challenging because it requires perfect knowledge of the channel to the receiver in advance. In practice, channel estimates must be learned through feedback and are often noisy or outdated because of feedback delay and channel variation. In this paper, we investigate angle-based beamforming strategies for a single-user link that reduce dependence on full channel knowledge by exploiting stable components of the geometric structure in the propagation field. In particular, we focus on scenarios in which there exists a dominant path that remains relatively stable over time, making it a suitable candidate for transmit beamforming. Experimental results using the SPACE and MACE data sets demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in terms of data-detection mean-squared error and bit error rate.
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spellingShingle Transmit Beamforming for High-Rate Underwater Acoustic Communications
Cuji, Diego A.
Singer, Andrew C.
Stojanovic, Milica
Signal Processing
Transmit beamforming for underwater acoustic communication is challenging because it requires perfect knowledge of the channel to the receiver in advance. In practice, channel estimates must be learned through feedback and are often noisy or outdated because of feedback delay and channel variation. In this paper, we investigate angle-based beamforming strategies for a single-user link that reduce dependence on full channel knowledge by exploiting stable components of the geometric structure in the propagation field. In particular, we focus on scenarios in which there exists a dominant path that remains relatively stable over time, making it a suitable candidate for transmit beamforming. Experimental results using the SPACE and MACE data sets demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method in terms of data-detection mean-squared error and bit error rate.
title Transmit Beamforming for High-Rate Underwater Acoustic Communications
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.14919