Date of Award
2001
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
An, Edgar
Abstract
This thesis presents the design and implementation of an underwater network communication protocol. The goal is to enable several autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to form a communication network and to exchange information during at-sea missions. The focus of this work is on the upper layers of the protocol: Network and Transport layers. Routing is a critical issue since all the nodes forming the network are moving. A study and comparison of existing routing algorithms is presented. Two routing algorithms have been chosen and implemented in the network layer of the protocol: Flooding and Destination Sequence Distance Vector Routing. The protocol has been tested on several types of simulated missions. An analysis of the results is proposed for each mission.
Extent
124 p.
Recommended Citation
Baud, Bertrand., "communication protocol for acoustic ad-hoc networks of autonomous underwater vehicles" (2001). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 181.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/181
Identifier
FADT12774
Comments
College of Engineering and Computer Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.|College of Engineering and Computer Science