Due to the long propagation delay and high error rate of acoustic channels, it is very
challenging to provide reliable data transfer for time-critical applications in an energy …

Due to the long propagation delay and high error rate of acoustic channels, it is very
challenging to provide reliable data transfer for time-critical applications in an energy …

Due to the use of acoustic channels with limited available bandwidth, Underwater Sensor
Networks (USNs) often suffer from significant performance restrictions such as low reliability …

Underwater multimedia acoustic sensor networks will enable new underwater applications
such as multimedia coastal and tactical surveillance, undersea explorations, picture and …

Weak reliability and low energy efficiency are the inherent problems in Underwater Sensor
Networks (USNs) characterized by the acoustic channels. Although multiple-path …

Energy efficient underwater communications systems design is a crucial task, once battery
replacement may be barely feasible in this scenario. As acoustic underwater channels are …

Underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) have been proposed for autonomous
monitoring of underwater environments. Despite the recent advances on underwater …

Constrained-energy underwater acoustic nodes are typically connected via a multi-hop
underwater acoustic network (MHUAN) to cover a broad marine region. Recently, protocols …

Many marine scientific, industrial, and military applications may require the deployment of
underwater acoustic sensor networks for sensing and monitoring. A grid topology with …

Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (UW-ASNs) use acoustic links as a means of
communications and are accordingly confronted with long propagation delays, low …