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A multi-channel MAC protocol in underwater acoustic sensor networks

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In this paper, a multi-channel medium access control (MAC) protocol is proposed to overcome the Large Interference Range Collision (LIRC) problem in underwater acoustic sensor networks (UWASNs), which has been known to occur when a handshaking based MAC protocol is jointly used with a power control. The proposed scheme divides the frequency band into two separate channels each used for control and data packets transmission. Considering the acoustic signal attenuation characteristics, higher frequency is used for data and lower frequency is used for control. And then, the data transmission power is controlled to escape the LIRC problem and simultaneously to save as much as possible. Furthermore with the separated channels, we can also reduce control-data packet collisions.

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      WUWNet '16: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems
      October 2016
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      ISBN:9781450346375
      DOI:10.1145/2999504
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      1. UWASNs
      2. medium access control protocol
      3. multi-channel
      4. power control

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      • (2021)Link-Efficiency Multi-channel Transmission Protocol for Data Collection in UASNsSmart Computing and Communication10.1007/978-3-030-97774-0_5(48-63)Online publication date: 29-Dec-2021
      • (2018)COPPER: Increasing Underwater Sensor Network Performance Through Nodes Cooperation2018 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC)10.1109/ISCC.2018.8538444(00322-00327)Online publication date: Jun-2018
      • (2018)State-of-the-Art Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols for Underwater Acoustic Networks: A Survey Based on a MAC Reference ModelIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials10.1109/COMST.2017.276880220:1(96-131)Online publication date: Sep-2019

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