A comparison between the tone-lohi and slotted FAMA MAC protocols for underwater networks

OCEANS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Casari, Paolo ^a   Tomasi, Beatrice ^a   Zorzi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry and communication; MAC protocols; Performance analysis; Slotted FAMA; Tone Lohi; Underwater networks

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY AND COMMUNICATION; MAC PROTOCOLS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SLOTTED FAMA; TONE-LOHI; UNDERWATER NETWORKS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 70350111334     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2008.5152038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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