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 …

Routing solutions for multi-hop underwater wireless sensor networks suffer significant
performance degradation as they fail to adapt to the overwhelming dynamics of underwater …

An underwater acoustic network simulation methodology is presented that is based on
lookup tables (LUTs) with physical-layer error ratios. These LUTs are prepared with a …

Internet of Underwater things (IoUT) is growing into one of the most important research
interests since the last few decades. The primary objective of IoUT is to develop a worldwide …

In this paper we propose the adoption of a self-adaptable cross-layer and modular Software
Defined Communication Stack (SDCS) for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks. The …

Underwater acoustic network is introduced in recent times to explore the resources available
in an underwater environment. The scientific data are collected, and the data packets are …

This special issues presents some of the work brought to a conference on underwater
communication held in 2012 with the aim to present a snapshot of the state of the art in UW …

In underwater acoustic sensor networks (UASNs), the spatially and temporally varying
acoustic channel causes random route interruptions and transmission void region. Further …

Since radio signals are strongly attenuated in saltwater and often scattered by suspended
particles (similar for optical signals), acoustic wave becomes major communication medium …