Similar to radio-frequency-based wireless networks (RWNs) used in terrestrial
environments, the medium access control (MAC) protocol is a key element for underwater …

Reliable data transfer aims to guarantee that the destination node can successfully receive
what have been sent to it, and the basic mechanisms extensively for this purpose in radio …

In this paper we discuss issues related to the design of underwater acoustic network
protocols which are tailored around, and leverage on, the differences between underwater …

Owing to the recent advances in subsea acoustic communication technology, there is a
growing interest in underwater acoustic sensor networks. The most obvious applications of …

The ocean is a huge saltwater body that is different from terrestrial environments in terms of
deployment circumstance, weather conditions, and user distributions. Therefore, it is difficult …

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 …

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 …

Unlike terrestrial radio frequency communication, acoustic waves are major communication
means in underwater networks. Unfortunately, acoustic waves incur long propagation delays …

Estimates of both the self-interference (SI) and the remote transmission (RT) channels are
required in underwater acoustic full-duplex (UWA-FD) communication. The former is used …

In a wireless network, where propagation delay is high and communications are sporadic,
some kind of reservation protocol is generally used. Reservation access protocols were …