Al-Dharrab, S.Uysal, Murat2016-02-162016-02-162012978-1-4673-1114-4http://hdl.handle.net/10679/2470https://doi.org/10.1109/QBSC.2012.6221345Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.In this paper, we investigate the information theoretical limits on the performance of cooperative multicarrier underwater acoustic (UWA) communication systems. We assume decode-and-forward (DF) relaying and consider non-orthogonal half-duplex cooperation. Under the assumptions of sparse and frequency-selective Rician fading channel and correlated Gaussian ambient noise, we derive the maximum achievable sum-rate and common/individual outage capacity regions for the cooperation protocol under consideration. We further investigate the effect of several parameters such as underwater temperature, carrier frequency, etc. on the outage capacity regions.engrestrictedAccessconferenceObject303310.1109/QBSC.2012.6221345Gaussian noiseRician channelsCooperative communicationDecode and forward communicationMulti-access systemsProtocolsUnderwater acoustic communication2-s2.0-84864146535