Parallel combinatory multicarrier modulation in underwater acoustic communications

Parallel combinatory multicarrier (PCMC) modulation is a generalisation of the legacy multicarrier frequency shift keying (FSK) scheme, where for each group of M subcarriers, more than one (say L) subcarriers are chosen for simultaneous transmission. The PCMC scheme provides an effective way to increase the spectral efficiency while maintaining non-coherent detection at the receiver. This study provides an in-depth study of the PCMC scheme with...