An ultra-low power and flexible acoustic modem design to develop energy-efficient underwater sensor networks

This paper is focused on the description of the physical layer of a new acoustic modem called ITACA. The modem architecture includes as a major novelty an ultra-low power asynchronous wake-up system implementation for underwater acoustic transmission that is based on a low-cost off-the-shelf RFID pe...

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Autores: Sánchez Matías, Antonio María, Serrano Martín, Juan José, Blanc Clavero, Sara|||0000-0001-6439-2902, Yuste Pérez, Pedro|||0000-0002-6688-9426, Perles, Angel|||0000-0002-5782-4284
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/28818
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/28818
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Acoustic modems
Underwater MAC
Underwater sensor networks
Wake-up
Wireless sensor networks
ARQUITECTURA Y TECNOLOGIA DE COMPUTADORES
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Sumario:This paper is focused on the description of the physical layer of a new acoustic modem called ITACA. The modem architecture includes as a major novelty an ultra-low power asynchronous wake-up system implementation for underwater acoustic transmission that is based on a low-cost off-the-shelf RFID peripheral integrated circuit. This feature enables a reduced power dissipation of 10 ¿W in stand-by mode and registers very low power values during reception and transmission. The modem also incorporates clear channel assessment (CCA) to support CSMA-based medium access control (MAC) layer protocols. The design is part of a compact platform for a long-life short/medium range underwater wireless sensor network. © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.