This paper reviews the physical fundamentals and engineering implementations for efficient
information exchange via wireless communication using physical waves as the carrier …

The oceans and rivers remain the least explored frontiers on earth but due to frequent
occurrences of disasters or calamities, the researchers have shown keen interest towards …

With the emphasis on effectively safeguarding of the national marine rights and interests, the
upsurge in marine economic development and the significant progress in wireless sensor …

In this paper, architectures for two-dimensional and three-dimensional underwater sensor
networks are discussed. A detailed overview on the current solutions for medium access …

UnderWater Acoustic Sensor Networks (UW-ASNs) consist of sensors and Autonomous
Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) performing collaborative monitoring tasks. In this article …

Deploying a multi-hop underwater acoustic sensor network (UASN) in a large area brings
about new challenges in reliable data transmissions and survivability of network due to the …

Interest in underwater acoustic networks has grown rapidly with the desire to monitor the
large portion of the world covered by oceans. Fundamental differences between underwater …

In this paper, we propose the Staggered TDMA Underwater MAC Protocol (STUMP), a
scheduled, collision free TDMA-based MAC protocol that leverages node position diversity …

This paper investigates the fundamental performance limits of medium access control (MAC)
protocols for particular multihop, RF-based wireless sensor networks and underwater sensor …

The vision to connect everyday physical objects to the Internet promises to create the
Internet of Things (IoT), which is expected to integrate the diverse technologies such as …