TY - GEN
T1 - The sound of communication in underwater acoustic sensor networks
T2 - 9th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks, AdHocNets 2017
AU - Barbeau, Michel
AU - Garcia-Alfaro, Joaquin
AU - Kranakis, Evangelos
AU - Porretta, Steven
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Underwater environments have never been much of a constraint to the rich animal life they support at all depths of our seas and oceans. Indeed, nature has taken advantage of this environment to develop a rich variety of efficient communication strategies through evolutionary change and adaptation. The wealth of knowledge to be discovered will continue to dazzle and fascinate the world. For underwater sensor network communication, acoustic signalling is the preferred choice for designers because sound propagation is the most efficient when compared to other forms, like thermal, light, and electromagnetic. It is within this acoustic environment that researchers have to innovate and develop new ideas and methodologies so as to advance the state-of-the-art. In this paper, several fundamental issues and connections are discussed that arise in the study of underwater wireless sensor networks. A variety of ideas and solutions for further research is proposed and fundamental issues in topology control, directional underwater transducers, and monitoring and surveillance are discussed.
AB - Underwater environments have never been much of a constraint to the rich animal life they support at all depths of our seas and oceans. Indeed, nature has taken advantage of this environment to develop a rich variety of efficient communication strategies through evolutionary change and adaptation. The wealth of knowledge to be discovered will continue to dazzle and fascinate the world. For underwater sensor network communication, acoustic signalling is the preferred choice for designers because sound propagation is the most efficient when compared to other forms, like thermal, light, and electromagnetic. It is within this acoustic environment that researchers have to innovate and develop new ideas and methodologies so as to advance the state-of-the-art. In this paper, several fundamental issues and connections are discussed that arise in the study of underwater wireless sensor networks. A variety of ideas and solutions for further research is proposed and fundamental issues in topology control, directional underwater transducers, and monitoring and surveillance are discussed.
KW - Directional hydrophone and vibrator
KW - Monitoring and surveillance
KW - Neighbour discovery
KW - Underwater acoustic communications
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85045269705
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-74439-1_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-74439-1_2
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85045269705
SN - 9783319744384
T3 - Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
SP - 13
EP - 23
BT - Ad Hoc Networks - 9th International Conference, AdHocNets 2017, Proceedings
A2 - Kunz, Thomas
A2 - Zhou, Yifeng
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 28 September 2017 through 29 September 2017
ER -