Title :
A cross-layer communication solution for multimedia applications in 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
fDate :
Sept. 29 2008-Oct. 2 2008
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 requirements of these applications, it is needed to provide efficient differentiated-service support to delay-sensitive and delay-tolerant data traffic as well as to loss-sensitive and loss-tolerant traffic. The objective of this paper is twofold: 1) explore the interactions of different underwater communication functionalities such as modulation, forward error correction, medium access control and routing, and 2) develop a distributed cross-layer solution integrating specialized communication functionalities that cooperate to allow multiple devices to efficiently and fairly share the bandwidth-limited high-delay underwater acoustic medium.
Keywords :
access protocols; forward error correction; multimedia communication; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; underwater acoustic communication; wireless sensor networks; bandwidth-limited high-delay underwater acoustic medium; cross-layer communication solution; delay-sensitive data traffic; delay-tolerant data traffic; differentiated-service support; forward error correction; medium access control; multimedia applications; multimedia coastal surveillance; tactical surveillance; undersea explorations; underwater multimedia acoustic sensor networks; Acoustic sensors; Communication system traffic control; Delay; Forward error correction; Media Access Protocol; Multimedia communication; Sea measurements; Surveillance; Underwater acoustics; Underwater communication;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems, 2008. MASS 2008. 5th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2574-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2575-4
DOI :
10.1109/MAHSS.2008.4660052