A distributed approach to underwater acoustic communications
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2466DOI
10.1575/1912/2466Abstract
A novel distributed underwater acoustic networking (UAN) protocol suitable for ad-hoc
deployments of both stationary and mobile nodes dispersed across a relatively
wide coverage area is presented. Nodes are dynamically clustered in a distributed
manner based on the estimated position of one-hop neighbor nodes within a shallow
water environment. The spatial dynamic cellular clustering scheme allows scalable
communication resource allocation and channel reuse similar in design to land-based
cellular architectures, except devoid of the need for a centralized controlling
infrastructure. Simulation results demonstrate that relatively high degrees of
interference immunity, network connectivity, and network stability can be achieved
despite the severe limitations of the underwater acoustic channel.
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Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution September 2003
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Thesis: Bohner, Christopher George, "A distributed approach to underwater acoustic communications", 2003-09, DOI:10.1575/1912/2466, https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2466Related items
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