Underwater acoustic communications and networking: Recent advances and future challenges

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-116

  Chitre, Mandar ^a   Shahabudeen, Shiraz ^a   Stojanovic, Milica ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL OPERATION; FUTURE CHALLENGES; MARINE RESEARCH; OFF-SHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OPEN PROBLEMS; POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATION; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATIONS; UNDERWATER NETWORKING;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MARINE APPLICATIONS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; RESEARCH;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; DECADAL VARIATION; DEFENSE INDUSTRY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROGRAPHY; LITERATURE REVIEW; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; OIL INDUSTRY; UNDERWATER NOISE; UNDERWATER VEHICLE;

EID: 54049132091     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/002533208786861263     Document Type: Article

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