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Propagation modeling and MAC-layer performance in EM-based underwater sensor networks

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Mylène Toulgoat,

Mathieu Déziel,

Fei Richard Yu,

Simon PerrasAuthors Info & Claims

DIVANet '14: Proceedings of the fourth ACM international symposium on Development and analysis of intelligent vehicular networks and applications

Pages 111 - 117

https://doi.org/10.1145/2656346.2656359

Published: 21 September 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Electromagnetic (EM) waves have been considered as an alternative to acoustic communications in seawater. In this paper, we propose a propagation model for EM channels in seawater and study the MAC-layer performance in EM-based underwater sensor networks. We implement the communication characteristics of EM channels in seawater and an EM-based underwater surveillance network in the QualNet network simulator to evaluate the performance of MAC techniques including Aloha, multiple access with collision avoidance (MACA), carrier sense multiple access without acknowledgement (CSMAWithoutACK), and carrier sense multiple access with acknowledgement (CSMAWithACK). Simulation results show that CSMAWithoutACK and CSMAWithACK outperforms Aloha and MACA in terms of the packet average delay, the packet delivery ratio, and the scheme overhead. CSMAWithoutACK achieves lower packet delay and scheme overhead values than CSMAWithACK, and thus is the most appropriate MAC scheme for EM-based underwater surveillance networks with a relatively low data generation rate.

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https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/4186036
Nie ZWang SDeng TChen D(2017)Research on low-loss and high-speed seabed propagation model for underwater Radio-Frequency-Electromagnetic communicationOCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084595(1-8)Online publication date: Jun-2017
https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084595
Zhang DYu FWei ZBoukerche ADe Grande RNotare MDarehshoorzadeh A(2016)Software-defined Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks with Trust ManagementProceedings of the 6th ACM Symposium on Development and Analysis of Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Applications10.1145/2989275.2989285(41-49)Online publication date: 13-Nov-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2989275.2989285

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DOI:10.1145/2656346

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Rauf MJamil ADawood Idrees MAnsari ASami A(2021)Surface Waves Analysis of Efficient Underwater Radio-Based Wireless LinkMathematical Problems in Engineering10.1155/2021/41860362021(1-10)Online publication date: 2-Nov-2021
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/4186036
Nie ZWang SDeng TChen D(2017)Research on low-loss and high-speed seabed propagation model for underwater Radio-Frequency-Electromagnetic communicationOCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084595(1-8)Online publication date: Jun-2017
https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSE.2017.8084595
Zhang DYu FWei ZBoukerche ADe Grande RNotare MDarehshoorzadeh A(2016)Software-defined Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks with Trust ManagementProceedings of the 6th ACM Symposium on Development and Analysis of Intelligent Vehicular Networks and Applications10.1145/2989275.2989285(41-49)Online publication date: 13-Nov-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2989275.2989285

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