Design of Encoding Algorithm for Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Based on Spinal Code

The marine environment is complex and variable, with the absorption and scattering effects of seawater and turbulence causing significant attenuation of received optical signals and introducing random jitter, which limits the communication range and stability of underwater wireless optical communication systems. This paper presents the Superposition UEP-Spinal Code structure, which utilizes unequal error protection (UEP) to adjust the transmission performance of different types of information in underwater composite data communication by adjusting the superposition weighting factors in the encoding algorithm. This encoding method enhances the noise immunity of important data, and with the same bandwidth utilization, the overall decoding complexity is reduced by 13.3% compared to the previously improved Spinal code encoding algorithm. The results show that the Superposition UEP-Spinal Code provides a more stable, reliable, and efficient communication solution for underwater wireless optical communication systems with randomly varying channel conditions.