The throughput of underwater networks: Analysis and validation using a ray tracing simulator

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1108-1117

  Stamatiou, Kostas ^a   Casari, Paolo ^b   Zorzi, Michele ^c  

^a CTTC ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Bellhop; Poisson point process; ray tracing; throughput; transmission capacity; Underwater networks; Urick model

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND VALIDATIONS; BELLHOP; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ABSORPTION; POISSON POINT PROCESS; PROPAGATION ENVIRONMENT; SIGNAL-TO-INTERFERENCE AND NOISE RATIOS; TRANSMISSION CAPACITIES; UNDERWATER NETWORKS;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RAY TRACING; RAYLEIGH FADING; THROUGHPUT; TRANSMITTERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84875620995     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2013.012513.120234     Document Type: Article

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