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Factors affecting MAC Protocol Performance in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

by Alak Roy, Nityananda Sarma
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 169 - Number 5
Year of Publication: 2017
Authors: Alak Roy, Nityananda Sarma
10.5120/ijca2017914755

Alak Roy, Nityananda Sarma . Factors affecting MAC Protocol Performance in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks. International Journal of Computer Applications. 169, 5 ( Jul 2017), 36-41. DOI=10.5120/ijca2017914755

@article{ 10.5120/ijca2017914755,
author = { Alak Roy, Nityananda Sarma },
title = { Factors affecting MAC Protocol Performance in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Jul 2017 },
volume = { 169 },
number = { 5 },
month = { Jul },
year = { 2017 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 36-41 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume169/number5/27985-2017914755/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2017914755 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Nityananda Sarma
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%@ 0975-8887
%V 169
%N 5
%P 36-41
%D 2017
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

Underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) has gained attention to researcher due to their wide range of applications. However, due to their power constrains and limitations, an energy efficient MAC protocol is required. Existing MAC protocols for terrestrial WSNs are not sufficient to solve the issues in UWSNs. Therefore, to design a new MAC protocol for UWSNs it is required to study the factors which cause the performance degradation of MAC protocols. In this paper, the various factors which affect the performance of MAC protocols has been highlighted in terms of energy efficiency, throughput, packet delivery ratio and delay. In addition, this paper also focuses on simulation-based experimental results to compare the performance of MAC protocols with respect to data rate factor.

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Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Underwater wireless sensor networks MAC protocols environmental factors

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