A comparative performance evaluation of MAC protocols for underwater sensor networks

OCEANS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Petrioli, Chiara ^a   Petroccia, Roberto ^a   Stojanovic, Milica ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-WIDTH UTILIZATION; CARRIER SENSING MULTIPLE ACCESS; MAC PROTOCOL; NETWORK SETTINGS; NODE DENSITY; PACKET TRANSMISSIONS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SIMULATION RESULT; SLOTTED ALOHA; TRAFFIC LOADS; UNDERWATER SENSOR NETWORKS;

AD HOC NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PACKET NETWORKS; SENSOR NETWORKS; TRANSMISSIONS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

CARRIER SENSE MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 70350093428     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2008.5152042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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