A performance comparison of MAC protocols for underwater networks using a realistic channel simulator

MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges, OCEANS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Guerra, Federico ^a   Casari, Paolo ^a   Zorzi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; CHANNEL SIMULATORS; CUSTOMIZABLE; EVENT-BASED; HANDSHAKING; HIGHER-LEVEL PROTOCOLS; MAC PROTOCOL; NETWORK SIMULATORS; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PHYSICAL LAYERS; RANDOM ACCESS; UNDERWATER NETWORKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARINE ENGINEERING; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHIPS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 77951577023     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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