The aim of this paper is to highlight the prospects and problems of optical wireless communication for applications in the field of Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs).This paper reviews the physical fundamentals and engineering implementations for efficient information exchange via wireless communication using physical waves as the carrier among nodes in an underwater sensor network. H...

The use of sensor networks in aquatic environments has been quite limited, partially due to the harsh underwater environments and associated high system costs. Nevertheless, cost-effective and resource-efficient Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs) will bring significant benefits to numerous aquatic applications. The unique properties of underwater environments raise many new challenges ...

With the advancements of acoustic modem technology that supports better data rates with reliable communications, current research focuses on algorithms those can support such technology in a better way. During the last two decades, many protocols suggested in order to handle the adverse environment of underwater communications. This continued research results in improved performance as compare ...

Underwater wireless optical communication has been used for establish a link between mobile vehicles and/or fixed nodes because light, especially in the blue/green region, allows to achieve higher data-rate than acoustical or electromagnetic waves for moderate distances. The here proposed work has the aim to pave the way for diffuse optical communication allowing to support optical communicatio...

1 School of Computer Science & Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea 2Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, S/N, 46022 Valencia, Spain 3 South Dakota State University, DEH (Old ECS) 123, Brookings, SD 57007, USA 4Department of Informatics, Electronic and Sistemistic, University of Calabria, Italy 5 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ...

Positioning or Localization, that is, determining the location of every sensor is important and the process aims to have the maximum percentage of localized nodes whether stationary or in motion. This paper elaborates the idea of mining applications in the underwater scenario and also highlights the basic differences between terrestrial sensor networks with the underwater paradigm while explori...