Title :
An efficient store-and-forward protocol for a shallow-water acoustic local area network
Author :
Talavage, Jennifer L. ; Thiel, Timothy E. ; Brady, David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
A store-and-forward protocol for a shallow-water acoustic local area network is presented. This protocol permits random deployment of an unlimited number of possibly mobile acoustic modems in littoral zones. Modem connectivity is adaptively learned and permits the incorporation of fresh modems into an operating network. The main points of the protocol initialization, maintenance, routing, and rerouting algorithms are presented. The protocol borrows from existing algorithms for packet radio networks and presents methods to decrease delay and retransmission of packets to conserve the limited modem power
Keywords :
data acquisition; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; local area networks; modems; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; protocols; telemetry; underwater sound; acoustic telemetry; adaptive learning; adaptively learned; coast; connectivity; data acquisition ALAN; data telemetry; initialization; littoral zone; maintenance; measurement technique; mobile acoustic modem; ocean bottom sensor; random deployment; rerouting algorithm; routing; sea geophysical method; shallow-water acoustic local area network; store-and-forward protocol; Circuits; Demodulation; Local area networks; Modems; Monitoring; Packet radio networks; Routing protocols; Sea surface; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Underwater acoustics;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '94. 'Oceans Engineering for Today's Technology and Tomorrow's Preservation.' Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Brest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2056-5
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1994.363865
