Performance evaluation of an underwater acoustic data broadcasting system

This paper proposes an adaptive push system for dissemination of data in underwater acoustic wireless networks. Apart from achieving adaptation of its broadcast schedule according to the a-priori unknown needs of the clients, the proposed system also efficiently combats the problem of high latency of the underwater acoustic wireless environment. Simulation results show superior performance of the proposed system in the underwater environment compared to adaptations of existing terrestrial push systems. Moreover, its performance is not affected by increasing the coverage area of the broadcast server.