| Currently, our acoustic modems are used to communicate underwater to Autonomous Underwater Vehicles AUVs. These modems have only one sensor and can transmit at low data rates (from 200 to 1200 bits per second) using Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) modulation. A two-dimensional array receiver (MillsCross) has been developed to receive underwater signals with more reliability, at a higher data rate (about 30,000 bits per second). This array has been designed to operate with Phase Shift Keying modulated signals. The purpose of this thesis is to design and implement a signal processing software to demodulate and decode FSK signals acquired by the MillsCross. By taking advantage of the spatial gain of the MillsCross receiver array, higher reliability and longer ranges are expected using FSK, in addition to achieving compatibility between the two systems. This software includes a robust synchronization scheme, a spatial and an equalizing filter, a time-window self-adjusting process and the error control decoding. |
