The present disclosure relates to a location determination system that includes acoustic transmitting devices (104), location tags (112), and a wireless mesh network (106), where the wireless mesh network uses battery-powered devices. A location tag receives acoustic signals (e.g., ultrasound signals) from an acoustic transmitting device. Clocks from members of the wireless mesh network are synchronized by observation of clock pairings, each clock pair formed by respective clocks in a transmitting device that transmits a message and a receiving device that receives the message. By analyzing the observed clock pairings, a best fit between the clock pairings may be determined. After selecting a reference clock, an acoustic transmission schedule may be propagated to the respective acoustic transmitting device.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing underwater acoustic communications. An automatic network slicing method specifically designed for handling underwater acoustic communications is implemented to enable admission control, routing, and dynamic resource allocation based on service level agreement requirements.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing underwater acoustic communications. An automatic network slicing method specifically designed for handling underwater acoustic communications is implemented to enable admission control, routing, and dynamic resource allocation based on service level agreement requirements.

A method for determining an absolute position for an ego vehicle. The method includes a step of determining an other vehicle position of another vehicle and a piece of vehicle information of the other vehicle by using a vehicle signal that represents a vehicle-to-vehicle message of the other vehicle. The method furthermore comprises a step of determining a piece of vehicle information of the other vehicle and a relative position between the ego vehicle and the other vehicle by using a data signal provided by the other vehicle and a step of ascertaining the absolute position of the ego vehicle by using the other vehicle position and the relative position.

A communication system is disclosed. The communication system includes a communication device comprising one of a receiver, a transmitter, or a transceiver; and an acoustic lensing subsystem, wherein the acoustic lensing subsystem is configured to: convert electrical signals into acoustic signals; focus the acoustic signals to generate focused acoustic signals; and output the focused acoustic signals.

A communication system is disclosed. The communication system includes a communication device comprising one of a receiver, a transmitter, or a transceiver; and an acoustic lensing subsystem, wherein the acoustic lensing subsystem is configured to: convert electrical signals into acoustic signals; focus the acoustic signals to generate focused acoustic signals; and output the focused acoustic signals.

The present disclosure relates to an acoustic position determination system that includes a mobile communication device and at least one base transmitter unit. The mobile communication device is configured to transmit and receive acoustic signals. Due to relative movements between the mobile communication device and the base transmitter unit, frequencies of the received signals shift due to Doppler effect. The mobile communication device is configured to compensate Doppler frequency shifts in the received acoustic signals prior to performing a deconvolution decoding process. The mobile communication device is further configured to compensate Doppler frequency shifts and perform deconvolution decoding process on acoustic signals received from multiple signal transmission paths.

The present disclosure relates to an acoustic position determination system that includes a mobile communication device and at least one base transmitter unit. The mobile communication device is configured to transmit and receive acoustic signals. Due to relative movements between the mobile communication device and the base transmitter unit, frequencies of the received signals shift due to Doppler effect. The mobile communication device is configured to compensate Doppler frequency shifts in the received acoustic signals prior to performing a deconvolution decoding process. The mobile communication device is further configured to compensate Doppler frequency shifts and perform deconvolution decoding process on acoustic signals received from multiple signal transmission paths.

A method of distributing data to a transducer array of an ultrasonic device, the transducer array including transduction elements arranged in module units, includes generating a data packet using an optical transceiver controlled by a controller, the data packet including activation instructions encoded in a first wavelength, transmitting the data packet from the controller to a target device via a signal in an optical fiber, the target device having a beam divider device, splitting the data signal, using the beam divider device, into a plurality of data streams, where each of the data streams carries the data packet in an identical phase, transmitting the data streams to the module units, and activating the transduction elements based on the received data streams.

A transmitter is disclosed. The transmitter includes a clock configured to generate one or more output clock signals. The transmitter further includes at least one frequency divider configured to generate a plurality of divided frequencies based on the one or more output clock signals, and a modulator. The transmitter also includes at least one antenna or transducer configured to transmit modulated data. The transmitter includes a memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute instructions performing operations including mapping data to a decimal code value of a plurality of decimal code values, converting the decimal code value to a shrinking base system, and selecting a set of frequencies among the plurality of divided frequencies based on the code value corresponding to the shrinking base system for the decimal code value. The modulator may be configured to modulate the decimal code value using the set of frequencies.