Abstract:Underwater acoustic network has become the key technology of ocean information acquisition, transmission and perception, and has been widely studied. At present, the research of underwater acoustic communication mainly focuses on the factors affecting underwater acoustic channels such as delay and multipath. When the Marine environment changes, the characteristics of delay and multipath in underwater acoustic channel will change accordingly, which will affect the performance of underwater acoustic communication system. However, the direct correlation between complex Marine environmental phenomena and underwater acoustic network performance is still limited. Based on the underwater acoustic network experiment conducted in Xiamen Sea area, this paper evaluates the impact of typical offshore Marine environmental factors such as wind, wave and tide on the underwater acoustic network performance from the average end-to-end delay, packet loss rate and other network performance indicators, and analyzes the correlation between the Marine environment and the underwater acoustic network performance based on the test results. The experimental results show that the delay of underwater acoustic communication network is affected by temperature, wind speed and tide level, and there is a certain degree of correlation. The evaluation and analysis results of this paper can provide reference for the design and application of underwater acoustic communication network in complex offshore Marine environment