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Wide area ocean networks: architecture and system design considerations

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Sumit Roy,

Payman Arabshahi,

Dan Rouseff,

Warren FoxAuthors Info & Claims

WUWNet '06: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Underwater Networks

Pages 25 - 32

https://doi.org/10.1145/1161039.1161046

Published: 25 September 2006 Publication History

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Wide area ocean networks for monitoring and scientific exploratory purposes are in various stages of design; small-scale networks are already in various stages of deployment and testing. Clearly, cost-effective coverage is a primary underlying principle; arguably, such networks must therefore employ low-cost, energy-efficient mobile nodes. The first objective of this work is to broadly describe the architecture and system design considerations of such wide-area networks with mobile nodes; secondly, we introduce the APL/UW Seaglider capabilities and provide energy estimates for propulsion and data communications. We also discuss tradeoffs, and applications in ocean coverage, and optimization of sensor coverage within constraints of a power-efficient network.

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WUWNet '06: Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Underwater Networks

September 2006

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ISBN:1595934847

DOI:10.1145/1161039

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Jun-Hong Cui
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University of Southern California
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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