Investigation of underwater acoustic networking enabling the cooperative operation of multiple heterogeneous vehicles

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 43-58

  Cruz, Nuno A ^a   Ferreira, Bruno M ^a   Kebkal, Oleksiy ^b   Matos, Anibal C ^a   Petrioli, Chiara ^c   Petroccia, Roberto ^c   Spaccini, Daniele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b EVOLOGICS GMBH   (Germany)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomous marine vehicles; Distributed simulation framework; SUNSET; Underwater acoustic networks; Vehicle coordination

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS MARINE VEHICLES; AUTONOMOUS SURFACE VESSELS; DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATIONS; DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SUNSET; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC MODEM; UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC NETWORKS;

VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MOORING SYSTEM; NETWORKING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSOR; VESSEL;

EID: 84887243360     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.47.2.4     Document Type: Article

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