The invention discloses a correlated peak position information-based
time synchronization method for
underwater acoustic
spread spectrum communication. The method comprises the following steps: 1, initializing parameters of a receiving terminal; 2, acquiring a
signal by using the receiving terminal; 3, performing correlation operation on a second processed
signal block variable and a local synchronization reference
signal; 4, calculating the peak position of a correlation operation result of the second processed signal block variable and the local synchronization reference signal; 5, judging whether a difference value between pos_1 and pos_2 is less than a certain permissible deviation range or not; 6, extracting a section of the signal s1(k) from the first processed signal block variable; 7, performing
circular convolution calculation on the s1(k) and an inverted sequence sflip1r(k) of a local
demodulation reference signal; 8, judging whether the deviation of the peak position from the starting or ending position of the signal is within a certain permissible deviation range or not. According to the method, the addition of a signal head is avoided, the easiness in networking is ensured, the requirements on the calculation capability of a platform are low, the method is convenient to operate, and the pseudo triggering or triggering omission rate is reduced.