• DocumentCode
    3395755
  • Title

    An Underwater Sensor Network with Dual Communications, Sensing, and Mobility

  • Author

    Detweiller, Carrick ; Vasilescu, Juliu ; Rus, Daniela

  • Author_Institution
    Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    18-21 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This paper describes an underwater sensor network with dual communication and support for sensing and mobility. The nodes in the system are connected acoustically for broadcast communication using an acoustic modem we developed. The nodes are connected optically for higher speed point to point data transfers using an optical modem we developed. We describe the hardware details of the underwater sensor node and the communication and networking protocols. Finally, we present and discuss the results from experiments with this system.
  • Keywords
    modems; oceanographic equipment; sensor arrays; underwater acoustic communication; acoustic modem; broadcast communication; dual communications; underwater sensor network; Acoustic sensors; Hardware; Intelligent sensors; Modems; Optical network units; Optical sensors; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Temperature sensors; Underwater acoustics; Underwater communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS 2007 - Europe
  • Conference_Location
    Aberdeen
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0635-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0635-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANSE.2007.4302445
  • Filename
    4302445