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    Experimental studies on realization of underwater optical communication link
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017) Kumar, A.; Naik, R.P.; Shripathi Acharya, U.S.
    A comprehensive experimental setup for underwater optical communication (UWOC) is proposed in this paper. This UWOC real time setup provides an underwater communication link (using sea water) which is able to achieve reliable communication within a 3m long range. The minimum transmit power requirement for communication at a Bit Error Rate (BER) of 10-3 in the presence of turbulence (generated within the experimental setup) and stationary water has been determined. Two UWOC setups are implemented, first setup is designed by utilizing opaque PVC pipes and the second setup is designed by aquarium tank. These setups are used in conjunction with water jets and rotating plates (to bring about obstruction in the line of sight) to replicate conditions of underwater turbulence and blockage. This allows a realistic reconstruction of light wave propagation under the surface of the sea. Our proposed setup provides a platform for experimental studies on UWOC and convey the idea and it is helpful in the analysis of real time power budget required by the system. It provides a foundation for more comprehensive experimental platforms which will be designed to accurately mimic various disruptions that can be encountered with UWOC. The proposed UWOC helps in the development of constructive techniques that can mitigate the effects of the channel induced errors and ensure error free communication. © 2017 IEEE.
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    BER Performance Analysis of Optical Wireless Communication System over Weak and Strong Underwater Turbulence Channels
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023) Naik, R.P.; Shripathi Acharya, U.S.; Bhargava Kumar, L.B.; Krishnan, K.; Chung, W.-Y.
    In this paper, we have investigated the performance of an underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) link employing single-input and single-output (SISO) and selection combining (SC) as receiver diversity for varying link-ranges. As the the link-range increases, then strength of turbulence between the underwater optical entities also increases. It is assumed that the distribution of light propagation in weak and strong turbulence UWOC channel as log-normal (LN) and gamma-gamma (GG) density functions, respectively. The analytical bit error rate (BER) equations of on–off keying modulated UWOC link have been derived for SISO and SC receiver diversity using hyperbolic tangent distribution for LN and power series for GG density functions. The analytical BER results are validated with the Monte Carlo simulations. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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    Outage Probability Analysis of Variable and Fixed Gain Relay-Assisted Dual-Hop RF-FSO Links Using Space–time Block Code Users
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023) Naik, R.P.; Bhargava Kumar, L.B.; Krishnan, K.; Chung, W.-Y.
    In this paper, we have implemented an analytical study on a relay-assisted dual-hop system using fixed and variable gains for the radio-frequency (RF) and free-space optical communication (FSO). RF and FSO links are realized using the Rayleigh and Malaga distribution functions. Simulation results shows that pointing errors become severe, system performance deteriorates, and conjointly that the RF users exploiting space–time block coding (STBC) will enhance the performance of the end-to-end system. Outage probability of the end-to-end communication link operated with the STBC using the variable and fixed gain system implemented and plotted with respect to average SNR. From the obtained results, fixed gain relay-based communication link performs better efficient than the variable gain relay system. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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    Performance of Orthogonal and Non-Orthogonal Space Time Block Code Through the Underwater Wireless Optical Channels
    (IEEE Computer Society, 2023) Naik, R.P.; Mans, R.; Shripathi Acharya, U.; Savidhan Shetty, C.S.
    Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) schemes have been integrated with the space-time (ST) codes to enhance the reliability of information transfer across the wireless channel. Due to their rich algebraic structure, space time block codes (STBCs) such as orthogonal STBCs (OSTBC), quasi-orthogonal STBC (QOSTBC), and non-orthogonal STBCs (NOSTBC), offer efficient implementation of a reliable communication system. The underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) channel is perturbed by the weak turbulence and fading (referred as scintillation), and shares many properties with a wireless channel. In this paper, we have designed OSTBC/QOSTBC and NOSTBC schemes for UWOC system, which can significantly improve the integrity of information transfer across the underwater optical wireless channels. These codes have been suitably conditioned to operate with an UWOC system employing intensity modulation. Monte-Carlo bit error rate simulations of the proposed schemes are plotted and presented with respect to the available transmit power in dB. © 2023 IEEE.
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    Analysis of M-QAM Modulated Underwater Wireless Optical Communication System for Reconfigurable UOWSNs Employed in River Meets Ocean Scenario
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020) Uppalapati, A.; Naik, R.P.; Krishnan, K.
    In this paper, the bit error rate (BER) performance of underwater wireless optical communication system employing with M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation is proposed for underwater optical wireless sensor networks (UOWSN) in river meets ocean scenario. The underwater channel degradation effects such as absorption, scattering and oceanic turbulence is taken into account. The oceanic turbulence is modelled by the Gamma-Gamma distribution. The first time, we proposed re-configurable UOWSN for the real time scenario of the river meets the ocean and derived the novel closed form analytical BER expressions of the proposed system over Gamma-Gamma turbulence with attenuation effects. The impact of oceanic turbulence parameters such as the variations of temperature, kinetic energy, viscosity, salinity, link range and the water type of system performance is investigated for river water, mixed water (river and ocean water) and ocean water. The proposed system and the related analysis will be highly useful in UOWSN and the Internet of underwater thing (IoUT) applications. © 1967-2012 IEEE.
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    Performance enhancement using multiple input multiple output in dual-hop convergent underwater wireless optical communication-free-space optical communication system under strong turbulence with pointing errors
    (SPIE, 2021) Bhargava Kumar, B.K.; Naik, R.P.; Krishnan, P.
    For the first time, we propose a dual-hop multiple input multiple output (MIMO)-based convergent underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC)-free-space optical (FSO) system. The UWOC and FSO links are Gamma-Gamma (GG) distributed. Closed-form expression for the average bit error rate (ABER) is derived for the proposed MIMO-based dual-hop UWOC-FSO convergent system using the GG cumulative distribution function. The end-to-end system performance analysis is carried out by considering the turbulence, attenuation, and pointing error effects for UWOC and FSO links. For the UWOC link, different oceanic conditions, such as the clear ocean, coastal ocean, and turbid harbor, are considered. Various atmospheric effects, such as clear air, fog, rain, drizzle, and haze, are considered for the FSO link. The analytical results of the proposed MIMO-based convergent system are compared with single-input single-output (SISO) system. As a result, it is observed that the proposed MIMO 2 × 3 scheme offers an improvement of 35 dB in the average signal-to-noise ratio compared with the SISO system at ABER of 10-5 in the case of weak pointing error. © 2021 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
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    Wireless-optical-communication-based cooperative IoT and IoUT system for ocean monitoring applications
    (The Optical Society, 2021) Naik, R.P.; G.D., G.D.G.; Krishnan, P.
    This paper proposes the idea of a new cooperative communication between the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) using wireless optical connectivity for ocean monitoring applications.We considered IoT communication using a hybrid radio frequency (RF)/free space optical (FSO) link and IoUT using a underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) link. Channel models for RF, FSO, and UWOC links are considered to be Rayleigh,Malaga with pointing errors, and hyperbolic tangent log-normal distributions, respectively. The outage probability and the bit error rate (BER) expressions for the proposed system are derived over the combined channel model, which includes the effects of attenuation, turbulence, and pointing errors. The BER results are plotted for various binary digital modulation schemes such as on-off keying, binary phase-shift keying, binary frequency-shift keying, and differential phase-shift keying over UWOC, hybrid RF/FSO and RF-UWOC, FSO-UWOCwith end-to-end systems.BERresults are extended for various turbulence regions and pointing errors of theFSOlink.MonteCarlo simulation results authenticate the correctness of the results. © 2021 Optical Society of America.
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    RIS Assisted Triple-Hop RF-FSO Convergent With UWOC System
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022) Bhargava Kumar, L.B.; Naik, R.P.; Krishnan, P.; Raj, A.A.B.; Majumdar, A.K.; Chung, W.-Y.
    The convergence of wireless optical communication (WOC) and radio-frequency (RF) systems is a promising technology that overcomes the shortcomings of standalone communication systems. By incorporating reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) on top of these WOC and RF communication systems, it is possible to circumvent the connection challenges associated with standard line of sight (LOS) communication links. Wireless communication systems with RIS assistance are a promising and evolving technology that enables more efficient and reliable link performance over long distances. The performance of the triple-hop RIS-assisted RF-FSO convergent with the underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) system is investigated in this article. We considered the fading channel Nakagami-m over the RIS-RF connection and the fading channel Gamma-Gamma (GG) over the RIS-FSO and UWOC links. Then, the average bit error rate (ABER) and outage probability are determined using closed-form expressions. The ABER and outage probability performances of the triple-hop communication system is analysed by varying parameters such as turbulence, misalignment fading, and the number of RIS elements. The obtained results demonstrate an improvement in performance for low turbulence, low pointing error, and an increasing number of RIS elements. Additionally, the data demonstrate the accuracy of the analytical results. © 2013 IEEE.
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    Performance investigation of underwater wireless optical system for image transmission through the oceanic turbulent optical medium
    (Springer, 2022) Naik, R.P.; Shripathi Acharya, U.S.; Lal, S.; Krishnan, P.
    The importance of resources contained in the sea and on the sea floor is increasing with each passing day. Hence, exploration of the sea and sea floor has become a very important requirement. Underwater imaging is a science that has gained importance over the past two decades. Underwater images indicate the state of sea floor and transmitting such images through the harsh and turbulent oceanic medium can cause deterioration of the information contained in the image due to diminished color reproduction, low contrast and blur. In this paper, we have performed the simulation studies to understand perturbations induced during the transmission of sea floor images using high-speed optical signaling through the underwater channels. The transmitted irradiance often suffers from underwater turbulence and beam attenuation. The bit error rate (BER) of the system proposed to transmit information through channels has been determined through analytic means and validated through Monte-Carlo simulation. Comparison between the transmitted and received images in the presence of turbulence and attenuation have been presented. The BER performance of the proposed system is evaluated in the presence of beam attenuation and underwater turbulence. The turbulence induced errors are minimized using the transmit/receive diversity and multiple input multiple output (MIMO) techniques. In addition to the diversity techniques, median and adaptive median filters used to minimize the distortion in the received image. The BER results show that the 4 × 5 MIMO system gains 19.50 dB of transmit power at BER of 10 - 5, when compared with the single input single output system. Similarly, an improvement of at-least 18 dB peak signal to noise ratio obtain using the adaptive median filter based system over the un-filter based system. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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    Underwater wireless optical communications based reconfigurable UOWSN for monitoring and discovering continental margin ore deposits
    (Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), 2022) Bhargava Kumar, B.K.; Naik, R.P.; Krishnan, P.; Majumdar, A.K.
    Changes in the environment, such as landslides, tsunamis, rising or falling sea levels in coastal oceans, and neighboring land surfaces, significantly impact the structure of the ocean and human life. These natural climate-change processes have unanticipated and deadly consequences for coastal areas. The continental margin part of the ocean has recently attracted the most attention because of the mineral sources and human activities such as exploration, navigation, recreation, and fishing. The continental margin stretches fromthe coastal mountains and plains to continental shelf, slope, and rise, where terrestrial and maritime means meet. In this paper, we propose a reconfigurable underwater optical wireless sensor network (UOWSN) based on underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) to monitor and discover continental margin ore deposits. In this proposed system, a transceiver on the underwater wireless autonomous vehicle moving around the different regions of the continental margin collects information and transmits it to the seashore control station once it reaches the ocean surface. We investigated the outage probability and average bit error rate of the proposed system at the continental margin and used coding techniques to mitigate the effects of high turbulence in the continental shelf region. © 2022 Optica Publishing Group.