A survey on MAC protocols for underwater wireless sensor networks

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1433-1447

  Chen, Keyu ^a   Ma, Maode ^b   Cheng, En ^a   Yuan, Fei ^a   Su, Wei ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

MAC protocols; underwater acoustic environment; underwater communication; Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; SENSOR NODES; SURVEYS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; ENERGY-EFFICIENT MAC PROTOCOLS; MAC PROTOCOL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS; UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION; UNDERWATER WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84906786932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2014.013014.00032     Document Type: Article

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