The Underwater Backscatter Channel: Theory, Link Budget, and Experimental Validation
Authors: Waleed Akbar, Ahmed Allam, Fadel Adib
Abstract
Underwater backscatter is a recent networking technology that enables net-zero-power communication and sensing in underwater environments. Existing research on underwater backscatter has focused on designing and demonstrating early systems with impressive capabilities; however, what remains critically missing is an end-to-end analysis of the underwater backscatter communication channel, which is necessary to understand the potential of this technology to scale to real-world applications and practical deployments.