TY - GEN
T1 - A TDMA based EM controlled multi-channel MAC protocol for underwater sensor networks
AU - Alam, Md Ibrahim Ibne
AU - Hossain, Md Farhad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/4/26
Y1 - 2017/4/26
N2 - Successful wireless communications in underwater with high throughput possess a great challenge still today. Due to the unique environment in underwater, medium access protocols (MAC) for terrestrial networks are not suitable for such environment. High attenuation of electromagnetic (EM) wave in water makes acoustic wave a more appropriate choice for communication in underwater. However, the low available bandwidth, high propagation delays and spatial-Temporal uncertainty of the nodes make the MAC protocols with acoustic channel a vast area for research. In this paper, we propose a novel multi-channel MAC protocol for underwater sensor networks (UWSNs) employing both acoustic and EM waves. The proposed MAC protocol has a single EM based control channel which is used for managing the node data transmission times and confirmation messages. On the other hand, multiple acoustic channels are used as the data communication channels. In the proposed protocol, time division multiple access (TDMA) technique is used for control channel to prevent any collision between control signals of the nodes. Because of the nature of zero collision in the control channel, the whole MAC scheme remains in a collision-less state. Extensive simulations are carried out for evaluating the performance of the proposed MAC protocol demonstrating its validity.
AB - Successful wireless communications in underwater with high throughput possess a great challenge still today. Due to the unique environment in underwater, medium access protocols (MAC) for terrestrial networks are not suitable for such environment. High attenuation of electromagnetic (EM) wave in water makes acoustic wave a more appropriate choice for communication in underwater. However, the low available bandwidth, high propagation delays and spatial-Temporal uncertainty of the nodes make the MAC protocols with acoustic channel a vast area for research. In this paper, we propose a novel multi-channel MAC protocol for underwater sensor networks (UWSNs) employing both acoustic and EM waves. The proposed MAC protocol has a single EM based control channel which is used for managing the node data transmission times and confirmation messages. On the other hand, multiple acoustic channels are used as the data communication channels. In the proposed protocol, time division multiple access (TDMA) technique is used for control channel to prevent any collision between control signals of the nodes. Because of the nature of zero collision in the control channel, the whole MAC scheme remains in a collision-less state. Extensive simulations are carried out for evaluating the performance of the proposed MAC protocol demonstrating its validity.
KW - EM wave
KW - Multi-channel MAC protocol
KW - Time division multiple access
KW - Underwater sensor networks
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UR - https://www.aconf.org/conf_81862/
U2 - 10.1109/ECACE.2017.7912918
DO - 10.1109/ECACE.2017.7912918
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85019181449
T3 - ECCE 2017 - International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering
SP - 279
EP - 284
BT - ECCE 2017 - International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering
A2 - Rafiqul Alam, Mohammad
A2 - Abdul Matin Bhuiyan, Mahmud
A2 - Quamruzzaman, Muhammad
A2 - Moshiul Hoque, Mohammed
A2 - Delwar Hossain, Quazi
PB - IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
T2 - 2017 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Engineering, ECCE 2017
Y2 - 16 February 2017 through 18 February 2017
ER -