An OFDM based MAC protocol for underwater acoustic networks

Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Workshop on UnderWater Networks, WUWNet '10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhou, Zhong ^a   Le, Son ^a   Cui, Jun Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Medium access control protocol; Underwater sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC CHANNELS; AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH; DYNAMIC CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT; DYNAMIC NATURE; GREEDY ALGORITHMS; GUARD TIME; HIGH THROUGHPUT; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOL; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MODULATION METHODS; MULTI-PATH EFFECT; OFDM BLOCKS; OFDM MODULATION; POWER OPTIMIZATION; SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION LINKS; SIMULATION RESULT; SUBCHANNELS; SYSTEM RATE; TRANSMITTING POWER; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC CHANNELS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC NETWORKS; UNDERWATER SENSOR NETWORKS;

AD HOC NETWORKS; BANDWIDTH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTIMIZATION; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 78650089205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1868812.1868818     Document Type: Conference Paper

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