An Improved Location-Aware Routing Protocol for Mobile Underwater Acoustic Networks

Author

Carlson, Edward A. ; Beaujean, Pierre-Philippe ; An, Edgar

Author_Institution

Florida Atlantic Univ., Dania Beach

fYear

2007

fDate

Sept. 29 2007-Oct. 4 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

A significant problem in missions employing multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is the difficulty of communicating effectively. This challenging communication problem is best addressed in the realm of mobile, ad hoc networking (MANET). This paper describes work towards improving location-aware source routing (LASR), our modification of the dynamic source routing (DSR) protocol to add location awareness and link quality metrics. Specifically designed for use in underwater acoustic networks, LASR is explained and results of investigations into the sensitivity of LASR to medium-model error, tracking error and compression of communicated routing data are shown.

Keywords

acoustic signal processing; ad hoc networks; data compression; mobile computing; network routing; remotely operated vehicles; routing protocols; telecommunication links; underwater acoustic communication; underwater vehicles; LASR; MANET; autonomous underwater vehicles; communicated routing data compression; dynamic source routing; link quality metric; location aware routing protocol; location aware source routing; medium model error; mobile ad hoc networking; mobile underwater acoustic networks; modified DSR protocol; multiple AUV; tracking error; Acoustic testing; Mobile ad hoc networks; Mobile communication; Network topology; Radio network; Routing protocols; Underwater acoustics; Underwater tracking; Underwater vehicles; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2007

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

978-0933957-35-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-0933957-35-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2007.4449177

Filename

4449177