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Underwater sensor networks: a new energy efficient and robust architecture.

Authors :
Climent S
Capella JV
Meratnia N
Serrano JJ
Source :
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) [Sensors (Basel)] 2012; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 704-31. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jan 10.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

The specific characteristics of underwater environments introduce new challenges for networking protocols. In this paper, a specialized architecture for underwater sensor networks (UWSNs) is proposed and evaluated. Experiments are conducted in order to analyze the suitability of this protocol for the subaquatic transmission medium. Moreover, different scheduling techniques are applied to the architecture in order to study their performance. In addition, given the harsh conditions of the underwater medium, different retransmission methods are combined with the scheduling techniques. Finally, simulation results illustrate the performance achievements of the proposed protocol in end-to-end delay, packet delivery ratio and energy consumption, showing that this protocol can be very suitable for the underwater medium.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1424-8220
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
22368492
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/s120100704