Beam-Enabled Acoustic Link Establishment (BEALE) for underwater acoustic networks

Beam-Enabled Acoustic Link Establishment (BEALE) for underwater acoustic networks

There is growing interest in developing reliable, high performance, underwater acoustic networks (UWANs). However, the acoustic communication channel, with its slow sound propagation, high signal attenuation, and low bandwidth, presents significant challenges to network designers. One advantage offe...

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Main Author: Watkins, Karen Piecara
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Underwater acoustic networks
Communication networks
Medium access control (MAC)
Beamforming
Directional beams
Link-level scheduling
Sliding window
Half-duplex link
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/21867

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