State-of-the-art medium access control (MAC) protocols for underwater acoustic networks: A survey based on a MAC reference model

S Jiang - IEEE communications surveys & tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Similar to radio-frequency-based wireless networks (RWNs) used in terrestrial
environments, the medium access control (MAC) protocol is a key element for underwater …

Full duplex physical and MAC layer-based underwater wireless communication systems and protocols: Opportunities, challenges, and future directions

L Songzuo, B Iqbal, IU Khan, N Ahmed, G Qiao… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Underwater wireless communication has gained a great deal of attention in the last couple
of decades because of its applications in the military, industrial, and monitoring sectors …

An efficient geo-routing-aware MAC protocol based on OFDM for underwater acoustic networks

J Guo, S Song, J Liu, H Chen, B Lin… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Performing an effective media access control (MAC) protocol suffers from strong
dependencies between Underwater Acoustic Networks' upper and lower layers: 1) the …

Signaling game approach to improve the MAC protocol in the underwater wireless sensor networks

M Jouhari, K Ibrahimi, H Tembine… - International Journal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Underwater sensor networks (UWSNs) are instructed for critical applications like military
surveillance and underwater oil spills that conducted in a very massive three‐dimensional (3 …

A Reservation-based Adaptive MAC Protocol for OFDM Physical Layers in Underwater Networks

S Falleni, T Melodia, S Basagni - … International Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The more we understand the importance of the oceans for human well-being and survival,
the more research on the Internet of Underwater Things becomes imperative. This prompts …

OFDM-Based Medium Access Control Protocols for the Next Generation of Underwater Wireless Networks

S Falleni - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Despite covering 71% of Earth's surface, 80% of the oceans remain unexplored and
unmapped. Even if extremely important, ocean exploration is just one of many applications …