A survey of practical issues in underwater networks

WUWNet 2006 - Proceedings of the First ACM International Workshop on Underwater Networks

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 17-24

  Partan, Jim ^a,b   Kurose, Jim ^a   Levine, Brian Neil ^a  

^a Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems Laboratory   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile disruption tolerant networks; Underwater acoustic networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247377791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1161039.1161045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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