A MACA-based MAC protocol for underwater acoustic sensor networks

Journal of Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-184

  Lin, Wen ^a   Cheng, En ^a   Yuan, Fei ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

MACA protocol; Medium Access Control; Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL UTILIZATION; DELAY TOLERANT; END TO END DELAY; LOW DATA RATES; MAC PROTOCOL; MACA PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; NETWORK THROUGHPUT; POWER LIMITATIONS; PROPAGATION DELAYS; SIMULATION RESULT; TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC CHANNELS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC SENSOR NETWORKS;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 79955510459     PISSN: 17962021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcm.6.2.179-184     Document Type: Article

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