Zheng Peng
Jun-Hong Cui
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the design, implementation and measurement of Aqua-Lab, an underwater acoustic sensor network lab testbed. Aqua-Lab consists of a water tank, a set of acoustic communication hardware, and a set of software. One important component of the software is an emulator that we developed to provide user-friendly programming interfaces and emulate realistic network settings. Using Aqua-Lab, we explore basic characteristics of data transmission using Micro-Modems and conduct a set of experiments in both field and lab environments. Our results from lab testbed are consistent with those from the field experiments, and thus demonstrate that Aqua-Lab can be used to experimentally evaluate algorithms and protocols designed for underwater sensor networks.
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Index Terms
- An underwater network testbed: design, implementation and measurement
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