Protocol design issues in underwater acoustic networks

Computer Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2013-2025

  Casari, Paolo ^a   Zorzi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channel modeling; Protocol design; Underwater acoustic networks

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MODELING; MAC PROTOCOL; MULTI-HOP PATH; PROPAGATION DELAYS; PROTOCOL DESIGN; TOPOLOGY MANAGEMENT; TRANSMIT POWER; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC NETWORKS; UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION; UNDERWATER NETWORKS; UNDERWATER SOUND PROPAGATION; UNDERWATER TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SCHEDULING; TOPOLOGY;

UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

EID: 80053306099     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2011.06.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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