%0 Journal Article %T Multiuser underwater acoustic communication using single-element virtual time reversal mirror %A JingWei Yin %A YiLin Wang %A Lei Wang %A JunYing Hui %J Chinese Science Bulletin %@ 1861-9541 %D 2009 %I %R 10.1007/s11434-009-0155-x %X Pattern time delay shift coding (PDS) scheme is introduced and combined with spread spectrum technique called SS-PDS for short which is power-saving and competent for long-range underwater acoustic networks. Single-element virtual time reversal mirror (VTRM) is presented in this paper and validated by the lake trial results. Employing single-element VTRM in multiuser communication system based on SS-PDS can separate different usersĄŻ information simultaneously at master node as indicated in the simulation results. %K pattern time delay shift coding (PDS) scheme %K spread spectrum %K multiuser underwater acoustic communication %K single-element virtual time reversal mirror (VTRM) %U http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11434-009-0155-x