Comparison of routing protocols for underwater sensor networks: a survey. (1st January 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Giantsis, Chris; Economides, Anastasios A.
• Is Part Of: International journal of communication networks and distributed systems. Volume 7:Number 3/4(2011)
• Page Start: 192
• Page End: 228
• Publication Date: 2011-01-01
• Subjects: energy efficiency -- routing protocols -- underwater sensor networks -- UWSNs -- wireless networks; Computer networks -- Periodicals; Telecommunication systems -- Periodicals; Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing -- Periodicals; 004.6
• DOI: 10.1504/IJCNDS.2011.042376
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1754-3916

Abstract

Sensor networks in underwater environments face unique adverse conditions. In order to be functional, specialised routing protocols are required to route the data from source to destination. This paper surveys routing protocols for underwater sensor networks. The routing protocols are examined and compared with respect to the network conditions and quality measures such as packet delivery ratio, average packet delay, energy consumption among others. Advantages and disadvantages of each routing protocol are pointed out.