The invention relates to an MC-CDMA-based
underwater acoustic communication
system and a PAPR suppression method, and the method comprises the steps: enabling a transmitting end to code input data after mapping, carrying out the serial-parallel conversion of the input data into q sub-data streams bi, and
copying the bit of each sub-
data stream bi into Np parts; generating a
chaotic sequence according to the number U of subcarriers, and circularly multiplying the
chaotic sequence by the basic
spread spectrum sequence to generate a
chaotic composite
spread spectrum sequence C; multiplying each sub-
data stream bi by the chaotic composite
spread spectrum sequence C, and converting the multiplied sub-data streams bi into
time domain signals through IFFT; and calculating the peak-to-average
power ratio PAPR of the
system according to the
frequency band signal after up-conversion sampling. According to the PAPR suppression method disclosed by the invention, by changing the generation mode ofthe spreading code, the chaotic sequence is cyclically multiplied by basic spreading sequences such as an M sequence, a Walsh sequence or a completely complementary CCS sequence to generate a chaoticcomposite spreading sequence, so that the peak-to-average
power ratio suppression characteristic of the
system is improved. Compared with an amplitude limiting method, the method does not cause in-band
distortion and out-of-band leakage. Compared with a probability method, the method is simple in
operation mode and low in operation complexity.