Underwater Sensor Networks : Architecture , Research Challenges and Potential Applications
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This paper explores architecture, research challenges and potential applications for underwater sensor networks. Sensor networks have the promise of revolutionizing many areas of science, industry, and government with their ability to bring computation and sensing into the physical world. This report summarizes our research directions in underwater sensor networks. We highlight potential applications to off-shore oilfields for seismic monitoring, equipment monitoring, and underwater robotics. We identify research directions in shortrange acoustic communications, MAC, time synchronization, and localization protocols for high-latency acoustic networks, long-duration network sleeping, and application-level data
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