A research on the deployment of sensors in Underwater Acoustic Wireless Sensor Networks

The coverage and connectivity are important standards of the sensor deployment strategies in Underwater Acoustic Wireless Sensor Networks(UWSNs). In this paper, we mainly research on the deployment of underwater sensors in UWSNs. The advantages and disadvantages of some existing algorithms are analysed and an improved algorithm is provided, which can achieve the complete coverage and connectivity. Further more, combining with the problem of localization, we deliberate a new deployment programme, which is of complete coverage and connectivity, localization available and scalable. We measure the performance of the programme by extensive simulations using the OPNET network simulator.