Analysis of MAC protocols for Underwater Acoustic Data Networks

Hayat Doukkali (1) , Loutfi Nuaymi (1)

1 RSM - Département Réseaux, Sécurité et Multimédia

This paper presents a state of art of existing Underwater Acoustic Networks. We study specifically the Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol design of research work done in this field. A comparison of different protocols is presented according to several criteria: propagation delay, node connectivity and energy consumption. This comparison allows us to present some ideas for a new design of a MAC Underwater Acoustic protocol.

Mots clés: CDMA; MAC Layer; Underwater Acoustic Network; Power control; acoustic channel; TDMA

Domaines: Multimédia [cs.MM]; Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Hayat Doukkali, Loutfi Nuaymi. Analysis of MAC protocols for Underwater Acoustic Data Networks. VTC 2005 : IEEE vehicular technology conference, Stokholm, 30 mai - 1er juin, May 2005, Stockholm, Sweden. pp.1307 - 1311, ⟨10.1109/VETECS.2005.1543520⟩. ⟨hal-02125124⟩