A Mac Protocol for Tactical Underwater Surveillance Networks

Author

Karlidere, Turgay ; Cayirci, Erdal

Author_Institution

Turkish Naval Acad., Istanbul

fYear

2006

fDate

23-25 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

We introduce power controlled and loosely synchronized (PCLS) MAC protocol for tactical underwater surveillance system (TUSS). PCLS protocol employs loosely synchronized listen-sleep schedules, and transmission power control. Shorter preamble signals are used instead of RTS/CTS handshake. These reduce the energy consumption and the link layer delay, and also make PCLS resilient against topology changes due to node failures and mobility. PCLS protocol is evaluated through the simulation of TUSS scenario where the mobile objects drift over the sea surface with respect to the reference point group mobility (RPGM) model. It is also compared with IEEE 802.11, B-MAC and LMAC

Keywords

access protocols; military communication; surveillance; underwater acoustic communication; PCLS; TUSS; power controlled-loosely synchronized MAC protocol; sea surface; tactical underwater surveillance network; Acoustic sensors; Delay; Energy consumption; Magnetic sensors; Media Access Protocol; Quality of service; Sea surface; Surveillance; Underwater vehicles; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2006. MILCOM 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0617-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0618-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2006.302041

Filename

4086744