TY - JOUR
T1 - Aqua-Fi: Delivering internet underwater using wireless optical networks
AU - Shihada, Basem
AU - Amin, Osama
AU - Bainbridge, Christopher
AU - Jardak, Seifallah
AU - Alkhazragi, Omar
AU - Ng, Tien Khee
AU - Ooi, Boon S.
AU - Berumen, Michael L.
AU - Alouini, Mohamed-Slim
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: This work was funded by the Red Sea Research Center, and Figs. 1 and 2 were produced by Xavier Pita, scientific illustrator at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
PY - 2020/6/9
Y1 - 2020/6/9
N2 - In this article, we demonstrate bringing the Internet to underwater environments by deploying a low power and compact underwater optical wireless system, called Aqua-Fi, to support today's Internet applications. Aqua-Fi uses an LED or laser to support bidirectional wide-range communication services with different requirements, low cost, and simple implementation. LEDs introduce robust short distance solutions with low power requirements. However, laser extends the communication distance and improves the transmission rate at the cost of higher power requirements. Throughout this work, we discuss the proposed Aqua-Fi system architecture, limitations, and solutions to improve data rates and deliver reliable communication links.
AB - In this article, we demonstrate bringing the Internet to underwater environments by deploying a low power and compact underwater optical wireless system, called Aqua-Fi, to support today's Internet applications. Aqua-Fi uses an LED or laser to support bidirectional wide-range communication services with different requirements, low cost, and simple implementation. LEDs introduce robust short distance solutions with low power requirements. However, laser extends the communication distance and improves the transmission rate at the cost of higher power requirements. Throughout this work, we discuss the proposed Aqua-Fi system architecture, limitations, and solutions to improve data rates and deliver reliable communication links.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/663751
UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9112748/
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086458943&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MCOM.001.2000009
DO - 10.1109/MCOM.001.2000009
M3 - Article
SN - 1558-1896
VL - 58
SP - 84
EP - 89
JO - IEEE Communications Magazine
JF - IEEE Communications Magazine
IS - 5
ER -