A Protocol Architecture for Trusted Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks*

Through adding the trusted protocol, trusted control and management mechanism on existing network architectures, a protocol architecture for trusted underwater acoustic sensor networks is presented, and the constitutes and functions of each part are described. The implementation model of trusted underwater acoustic sensor networks protocol is built, fundamental function that ensure the protocol can be executed as expected is defined, the functions and relationships between different layers of trusted protocol are given, considering the energy control and communication efficiency on the sensor networks, an example of dynamic clustering underwater target tracking network structure is designed in this paper. Keywords— sensor networks; acoustic; protocol; trustworthy;