Research Article

Underwater Acoustic Micromodem for Underwater Internet of Things

Table 2

Continuation of Table 1.

Underwater acoustic modemData rateBER power (W) power (mW)Idle (mW)Range (m)

Proposed200-300 bps10-366002.4>500
Commercial devices
Tritech Micron Modem40 bpsn.a.7.92720n.a.500
Sonardyne modem 6 submini200-9000 bpsn.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.1000-1500
Teledyne benthos ATM-96480-15360 bpsn.a.20700122000-6000
LinkQuest UWM200017800 bps10-9880081500
DSPComm Aquacomm Gen2100-1000 bps10-612/30n.a.6-608000
EvoLogics S2CT 42/65Up to 31200 bps10-10250.8n.a.1000
Devices developed by research groups
[9]20-600 bps0-30%n.a.n.a.n.a.25
[10]100 bps10-2n.a.n.a.n.a.1500
[11]n.a.n.a.0.816n.a.0.43n.a.
[12]30 bpsn.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.
[13]200-500 bps10-28n.a.n.a.500
[14]150 bpsn.a.83008140
[15]260-47000-30%53001150
[16]125-1007 bps10-2n.a.n.a.n.a.2500-8000