UW-MAC: An underwater sensor network MAC protocol

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-506

  Watfa, Mohamed K ^a   Selman, Samir ^b   Denkilkian, Hovig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Battery aware; CDMA; Delay; Energy efficiency; MAC; Scalability; Underwater sensor networks

Indexed keywords

BATTERY AWARE; CDMA; CLUSTER-HEADS; DOPPLER; DUTY CYCLES; EARTH'S SURFACE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SAVING; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; INTERMITTENT CONNECTIVITY; LIMITED BANDWIDTH; LOW BIT RATE; MAC ALGORITHMS; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS PROTOCOL; MULTI-PATH; MULTIPLE ACCESS TECHNIQUES; NETWORK LIFETIME; POWER EFFICIENT; PROPAGATION DELAYS; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENTS; UNDERWATER SENSOR NETWORKS;

CHARGING (BATTERIES); CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SCALABILITY; SENSOR NETWORKS; THROUGHPUT; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77949641237     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.1086     Document Type: Article

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