The Performance Analysis of Diversity Combined with Beamforming Technologies for Underwater Channel Environment Using Experimental Data

Abstract

In this paper, we have analyzed the performance of diversity combined with beamforming technologies using experimental data recorded from mobile underwater channel environments in order to analyze the usability of diversity combined with beamforming techniques in underwater channel environments. After analyzing the experimental data we found out that by applying diversity techniques on the output signal from beamformers that perform beamforming from different beam directions, we can reduce the distance between the sensors and at the same time benefit from both the beamforming and diversity gains.