Modelling and simulation of automated underwater acoustic communication transmission recovery for oceanic robotics operations

Abstract

In the area of Maritime Robotics a successful operational scenario would highly depend on clear acoustic communication-interaction of submersible Intelligent-Robot(s) and human-operator. The aim of this paper is to exhibit an analytical model to automatically recover underwater acoustic communication, digital-data transmission lost of the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) with human operator(s) in the loop. In this case an existing error-control code model based on Reed Solomon code is reviewed and tested. Then, the communication system of the AUV which requires a methodology of data loss recovery is discussed. Furthermore, the integration of a acoustic communication system and Reed Solomon code is discussed. This is followed by a simulation showing the robustness of an integrated data-communication system. The simulation results illustrate that the proposed communication scheme can not only withstand unforeseeable noise, but also allows for the transmission of digital data at high speed.