Product Design

Optical wireless communication for underwater internet of things

Boon Ooi, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

May 10, 16:15 - 16:45

B18 Fellowship Hall

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Abstract Underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) has attracted increasing interest in various underwater activities because of its order-of-magnitude higher bandwidth compared to acoustic and radio-frequency technologies. Testbeds and pre-aligned UWOC links were constructed for physical layer evaluation, which verified that UWOC systems can operate at tens of gigabits per second or close to a hundred meters of distance. This hold promises for realizing a globally connected Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT). However, due to the fundamental complexity of the ocean water environment