DocumentCode :
1536684
Title :
A Multimedia Cross-Layer Protocol for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
Author :
Pompili, Dario ; Akyildiz, Ian F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Volume :
9
Issue :
9
fYear :
2010
fDate :
9/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
2924
Lastpage :
2933
Abstract :
Underwater multimedia acoustic sensor networks will enable new underwater applications such as multimedia coastal and tactical surveillance, undersea explorations, picture and video acquisition and classification, and disaster prevention. Because of the different application requirements, there is a need to provide differentiated-service support to delay-sensitive and delay-tolerant data traffic as well as to loss-sensitive and loss-tolerant traffic. While research on underwater communication protocol design so far has followed the traditional layered approach originally developed for wired networks, improved performance can be obtained with a cross-layer design. Hence, the objective of this work is twofold: (1) study the interactions of key underwater communication functionalities such as modulation, forward error correction, medium access control, and routing; and (2) develop a distributed cross-layer communication solution that allows multiple devices to efficiently and fairly share the bandwidth-limited high-delay underwater acoustic medium.
Keywords :
access protocols; multimedia communication; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; underwater acoustic communication; delay-tolerant data traffic; differentiated-service support; disaster prevention; forward error correction; loss-tolerant traffic; medium access control; multimedia coastal surveillance; multimedia cross-layer protocol; picture acquisition; telecommunication network routing; undersea explorations; underwater applications; underwater communication protocol; underwater multimedia acoustic sensor networks; video acquisition; video classification; wired networks; Access protocols; Acoustic sensors; Cross layer design; Delay; Forward error correction; Sea measurements; Surveillance; Telecommunication traffic; Underwater acoustics; Underwater communication; Underwater wireless communications; cross-layer routing and MAC algorithms; optimization; underwater sensor networks;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1536-1276
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TWC.2010.062910.100137
Filename :
5510772
Link To Document :
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