Roee Diamant, Lutz Lampe, Emmett Gamroth Low Probability of Detection for Underwater Acoustic Communication Networks

2 Motivation LPD not LPI ! Applications:  Military – “quite” sonar, UWAC  Safety & Environment – regulations are dB/Hz Lack of clear definition – what is LPD?  Low SNR?  Blend in noise?  LPD by who? Objective: representation of LPD

3 Methods for LPD UWAC Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS):  random phase [Ling:2010]  Chaotic sequence [Lei:2011]  OFDM – close bands + slow Tx rate [Leus:2008]  Focusing: time reversal [Yang:2008], MIMO [Zhu:2006] Frequency PSD noise level Frequency PSD noise level Dispreading: Spreading: Interceptor:Receiver:

4 Quality Measures Determine if a comm. System is LPD Alternatives: We use:  captures target Pd, Pfa of interceptor, and Pe of receiver  Not related to Tx power  LPD - for each, define  Truly covert -, Good LPD -

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6 LPD Comm. System – a Test Case Simple attenuation model:  Model used to set upper and lower bounds on LPD! SNPR at distance r from Tx: Assuming similar at Rx and In, we get If are similar :

7 Capabilities: Receiver and Interceptor Interceptor – energy detection: Interceptor SNPR (ROC): Receiver detection (ROC): Receiver decoding:

8 Simulation Parameters: MPSK DSSS vs. Energy detector Channel ParametersSpreading factor

9 Sea Trial Vancouver Island - Saanich Inlet Vessels:  Transmitter – fixed buoy (Ocean Technology Test Bed, UVIC)  Receiver – drifting vessel  Interceptor– maneuvering vessel Procedure:  Find Tx-Rx range (max s.t. BER = 0)  Find Tx-In range (max s.t. detect)

10 Sea Trial - Results Fc = 40kHzFc = 30kHz True LPD is possible!

11 Summery Channel Effect:  LPD inversely proportional to carrier frequency ( )  LPD better in shallow water ( ) Communication Effect:  LPD increases with spreading factor (K),  LPD decreases as Tx rate increase  LPD inversely proportional to number of symbols (N) True LPD is possible! (validated in sea trial) Thank you!

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