A F-MAC protocol for underwater acoustic sensor network

Briefly introduced the status of MAC protocol for underwater acoustic communication, By improving the existing TopDisc algorithms, described the network topology needed by this paper and Proposed a suitable MAC layer protocol F-MAC for underwater communication. This protocol doesn´t require synchronization and use the wasted time caused by RTS/CTS´s handshake. The Simulation results show that, this protocol has a certain applicability for a network topology organized by TopDisc algorithm, and can improve the throughout capacity of the whole network and reduce network latency.