• DocumentCode
    2704523
  • Title

    RF communications in underwater wireless sensor networks

  • Author

    Hunt, Kenneth P. ; Niemeier, James J. ; Kruger, Anton

  • Author_Institution
    IIHR - Hydrosci. & Eng., Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    20-22 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    We investigate the propagation of radio waves underwater and between water and air to facilitate setting up hybrid wireless sensor networks with both surface and subsurface nodes. Our investigation includes signal attenuation, antenna radiation patterns, multipath due to reflections from the surface and substrate, noise, and reflection losses transmitting from one medium to another.
  • Keywords
    acoustic signal processing; antenna radiation patterns; radiowave propagation; underwater acoustic communication; wireless sensor networks; RF communications; antenna radiation patterns; hybrid wireless sensor networks; radio waves; signal attenuation; underwater wireless sensor networks; Antenna radiation patterns; Attenuation; Electric potential; Reflection; Surface impedance; Surface waves; Wireless sensor networks; Antennas and Propagation; Sensor Networks; Wireless Communications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electro/Information Technology (EIT), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Normal, IL
  • ISSN
    2154-0357
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6873-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EIT.2010.5612087
  • Filename
    5612087