Optimal Transmission Scheduling in Small Multimodal Underwater Networks

We describe a scheduling protocol for multimodal networks of relatively limited size, whose nodes encompass various underwater communication technologies. For such a case, we show that significant improvement in the network operations is possible when the transmission schedule is set to jointly util...

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Autores: Campagnaro, Filippo, Casari, Paolo, Zorzi, Michele, Diamant, Roee
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:IMDEA Networks Institute
Repositorio:IMDEA Networks Institute Digital Repository
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dspace.networks.imdea.org:20.500.12761/624
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12761/624
https://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2018.2873329
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Underwater communication networks
underwater acoustic communications
multi-modal systems
transmission scheduling
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Sumario:We describe a scheduling protocol for multimodal networks of relatively limited size, whose nodes encompass various underwater communication technologies. For such a case, we show that significant improvement in the network operations is possible when the transmission schedule is set to jointly utilize all communication technologies. Our solution is based on per-technology TDMA frames, whose time slots are determined optimally to maximize the overall channel utilization while preserving flow limitations and maintaining fairness in resource allocation. Our numerical simulations and experimental results \remembertext{phy}{for multimodal networks with several acoustic technologies} show that, while maintaining a fair resource allocation, our scheduling solution provides both high throughput and low packet delivery delay.