Cluster protocols in Underwater Sensor Networks: a Research Review

Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSN) have different characteristics in relation to terrestrial wireless sensor networks; such as limited bandwidth capacity, high propagation delays and limited battery power. Although there has been much work completed in developing protocols and models for t...

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Main Authors: K. Ovaliadis, N. Savage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology 2014-07-01
Series:Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review
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Online Access:http://www.jestr.org/downloads/Volume7Issue3/fulltext287314.pdf
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description Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSN) have different characteristics in relation to terrestrial wireless sensor networks; such as limited bandwidth capacity, high propagation delays and limited battery power. Although there has been much work completed in developing protocols and models for terrestrial networks, these are rarely applicable for underwater sensor networks. Up to today major efforts have been made for designing efficient protocols while considering the underwater communication characteristics. An important issue on this research area is the construction of an efficient clustering algorithm. Clustering in the context of UWSN is important as it contributes a great deal towards the efficient use of energy resources. This paper reviews the most significant cluster based protocols proposed for UWSN. Major performance issues of these protocols with respect to the network conditions such as packet delivery ratio, average packet delay, node mobility effect and energy consumption are examined. The advantages and disadvantages of each protocol are also pointed out.
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spelling doaj.art-f8a8e5d31b8243bd931fc2ef16d05ac62022-12-22T03:36:07ZengEastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of TechnologyJournal of Engineering Science and Technology Review1791-23771791-23772014-07-0173171175Cluster protocols in Underwater Sensor Networks: a Research ReviewK. Ovaliadis0N. Savage1School of Engineering and School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UKSchool of Engineering and School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UKUnderwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSN) have different characteristics in relation to terrestrial wireless sensor networks; such as limited bandwidth capacity, high propagation delays and limited battery power. Although there has been much work completed in developing protocols and models for terrestrial networks, these are rarely applicable for underwater sensor networks. Up to today major efforts have been made for designing efficient protocols while considering the underwater communication characteristics. An important issue on this research area is the construction of an efficient clustering algorithm. Clustering in the context of UWSN is important as it contributes a great deal towards the efficient use of energy resources. This paper reviews the most significant cluster based protocols proposed for UWSN. Major performance issues of these protocols with respect to the network conditions such as packet delivery ratio, average packet delay, node mobility effect and energy consumption are examined. The advantages and disadvantages of each protocol are also pointed out.http://www.jestr.org/downloads/Volume7Issue3/fulltext287314.pdfUnderwater wireless sensor networkscluster protocolsenergy efficiencyrouting.
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Cluster protocols in Underwater Sensor Networks: a Research Review
Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Review
Underwater wireless sensor networks
cluster protocols
energy efficiency
routing.
title Cluster protocols in Underwater Sensor Networks: a Research Review
title_full Cluster protocols in Underwater Sensor Networks: a Research Review
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title_short Cluster protocols in Underwater Sensor Networks: a Research Review
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topic Underwater wireless sensor networks
cluster protocols
energy efficiency
routing.
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