RT Conference Proceedings T1 A novel modulation approach based on nonlinear acoustic signals for underwater communications. A1 Campo-Valera, María A1 Diego-Tortosa, Dídac A1 Asorey-Cacheda, Rafael A1 Gómez-Tornero, José Luis A1 Herrera-Fernández, Luis Jorge K1 Acústica submarina K1 Procesado de señales K1 Acústica no lineal K1 Ultrasonidos AB Nonlinear acoustics is the catalyst of a new generation of applications that are exploited in different fields. The parametric nonlinear effect, i.e. the appearance of extra harmonics in the spectrum besides the fundamental frequency is a particular feature in nonlinear acoustic and it ca be used in the field of communications. In this sense, the study of modulation is an essential aspect that suits the needs of nonlinear acoustic communciations. This paper presents a novel technique of nonlinear paametric modulation-induced harmonics. This type of modulation provides a narrow directivity using low transmission frequencies (2 to 50 kHz). Its feasibility and the parametric effect are demostrated by analyzing a recorded 16-bit parametric signal and its spectrogram. Finally, detection performace is shown by applying cross.correlation to the received signal. PB European Acoustics Association YR 2023 FD 2023 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/38262 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/38262 LA eng NO PID2019-103982RB-C42, and TED2021-129336B-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and is a results of an internship funded by the Autonomous Community of the Regio of Murcia through the Fundación Séneca - Agencia de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Región de Murcia (Seneca Foundation - Agency for Science and Technology in the Region of Murcia) and European Union NextGenerationEU programme. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 23 ene 2026