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GLOBECOM
2008
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
MACA-U: A Media Access Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks
—Unlike terrestrial wireless communication which uses radio waves, underwater communication relies on acoustic waves. The long latency and limited bandwidth pose great challenges...
Hai-Heng Ng, Wee-Seng Soh, Mehul Motani
WCNC
2010
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
ROPA: A MAC Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Networks with Reverse Opportunistic Packet Appending
—In most existing sender-initiated handshaking based underwater Media Access Control (MAC) protocols, only the initiating sender is allowed to transmit data packets to its intend...
Hai-Heng Ng, Wee-Seng Soh, Mehul Motani
INFOCOM
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Aloha-Based MAC Protocols with Collision Avoidance for Underwater Acoustic Networks
— Unlike terrestrial networks that mainly rely on radio waves for communications, underwater networks utilize acoustic waves, which have comparatively lower loss and longer range...
Nitthita Chirdchoo, Wee-Seng Soh, Kee Chaing Chua
LCN
2007
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Distributed CDMA-based MAC Protocol for Underwater Sensor Networks
—Underwater Sensor Networks are typically distributed in nature and the nodes communicate using acoustic waves over a wireless medium. Such networks are characterized by long and...
Hwee Xian Tan, Winston Khoon Guan Seah
TWC
2010
12 years 11 months ago
A Multimedia Cross-Layer Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
Underwater multimedia acoustic sensor networks will enable new underwater applications such as multimedia coastal and tactical surveillance, undersea explorations, picture and vide...
Dario Pompili, Ian F. Akyildiz