Refracted Acoustic Communications in Wireless Underwater Sensor Networks with Mobility

S. Blouin, M. Barbeau, E. Kranakis

2015

Abstract

Routing is a fundamental function of any wireless network. For battery-powered underwater sensors using acoustic waves, routing is even more challenging due to an ever changing and communication-opaque ocean. Herein, we propose a shallow-water routing scheme that adapts to a unique physical phenomena of the medium. In particular, the proposed routing exploits downward and upward refractions for underwater networks comprising mobile nodes. Solutions for node-to-node links are developed before extending the concept to network routing. In particular, necessary and sufficient conditions guaranteeing the existence of a single-hop link through acoustic refraction are derived. Simulations convey results followed by concluding remarks.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Blouin S., Barbeau M. and Kranakis E. (2015). Refracted Acoustic Communications in Wireless Underwater Sensor Networks with Mobility . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sensor Networks - Volume 1: SENSORNETS, ISBN 978-989-758-086-4, pages 113-121. DOI: 10.5220/0005199501130121

in Bibtex Style

@conference{sensornets15,
author={S. Blouin and M. Barbeau and E. Kranakis},
title={Refracted Acoustic Communications in Wireless Underwater Sensor Networks with Mobility},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sensor Networks - Volume 1: SENSORNETS,},
year={2015},
pages={113-121},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005199501130121},
isbn={978-989-758-086-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sensor Networks - Volume 1: SENSORNETS,
TI - Refracted Acoustic Communications in Wireless Underwater Sensor Networks with Mobility
SN - 978-989-758-086-4
AU - Blouin S.
AU - Barbeau M.
AU - Kranakis E.
PY - 2015
SP - 113
EP - 121
DO - 10.5220/0005199501130121