“…In recent years, in addition to the active investigation on single carrier transmissions such as the studies by Gomes et al (2008); Ling and Li (2012); Song et al (2010Song et al ( , 2008; Tao et al (2011Tao et al ( , 2010; Wan et al (2011);Xu et al (2013); and Zheng et al (2010), OFDM technique has been very actively pursued for underwater acoustic communications, due to its ability to handle long multipath channels Carrascosa & Stojanovic, 2010;Huang et al, 2011Huang et al, , 2013Kang et al, 2010;Kang & Iltis, 2008;Leus & van Walree, 2008;Li et al, 2009Li et al, , 2008Liu & Yang, 2013;Radosevic et al, 2013;Rojo & Stojanovic, 2010;Tao & Zheng, 2013;Tu et al, 2013;Wan et al, 2012;Wang et al, 2013;Xu et al, 2012;Zajic & Edelmann, 2013). In contrast with extensive research work, there is limited work on OFDM acoustic modem development.…”