Software-Defined Underwater Acoustic Networking Platform

Abstract

Currently acoustics is the primary modality for underwater communication even though it presents a difficult channel. To try and cope with the challenges of the channel many MAC protocols and PHY layer techniques have been proposed. In this paper we present a research platform that allows developers to easily implement and compare their protocols in an underwater network and configure them at runtime. We have built our platform using widely supported software that has been successfully used in terrestrial radio and network development. The flexibility of development tools such as software defined radio have provided the ability for rapid growth in the community. Our platform adapts some of these tools to work well with the underwater environment while maintaining flexibility, ultimately providing an end-to-end networking approach for underwater acoustic development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 03, 2009
Accession Number
ADA510286

Entities

People

  • Dustin Torres
  • Jonathan M. Friedman
  • Mani B. Srivastave
  • Thomas Schmid

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Channels
  • Acoustic Communications
  • Acoustics
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Modulation
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Topology
  • Operating Systems
  • Sensor Networks
  • Signal Processing
  • Software Defined Radio
  • Underwater Acoustic Communications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Marine Mammal Biology