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A better-performing Q-learning game-theoretic distributed routing for underwater wireless sensor networks

open access: yesInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2018
Underwater sensor networks have recently emerged as a promising networking technique for various underwater applications. However, the acoustic routing of underwater sensor networks in the aquatic environment presents challenges in terms of dynamic ...
Sungwook Kim
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DE-Sync: A Doppler-Enhanced Time Synchronization for Mobile Underwater Sensor Networks

open access: yesSensors, 2018
Time synchronization is the foundation of cooperative work among nodes of underwater sensor networks; it takes a critical role in the research and application of underwater sensor networks.
Feng Zhou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

TS-MUWSN: Time synchronization for mobile underwater sensor networks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Time synchronization is an important, yet challenging, problem in underwater sensor networks (UWSNs). This challenge can be attributed to: 1) messaging timestamping; 2) node mobility; and 3) Doppler scale effect. To mitigate these problems, we present an
Bouvet, Pierre-jean   +2 more
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Reinforcement Learning-Based Routing Protocol for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks: A Comparative Survey

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2021
Underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) have emerged as a promising networking technology owing to their various underwater applications. Many applications require sensed data to be routed to a centralized location.
Rehenuma Tasnim Rodoshi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sensor enclosures: example application and implications for data coherence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Sensors deployed in natural environments, such as rivers, beaches and glaciers, experience large forces and damaging environmental conditions. Sensors need to be robust, securely operate for extended time periods and be readily relocated and serviced ...
Akyildiz   +9 more
core   +4 more sources

Communication in Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

open access: yesInternational Journal of Energy, 2023
As is well known, the ocean covers approximately 70% of the Earth's surface area. Currently, human exploration of the ocean remains at less than 5%. Therefore, continuous exploration and development of marine resources are of great significance. In recent years, underwater wireless communication technology has rapidly developed.
openaire   +1 more source

Well-Suited Similarity Functions for Data Aggregation in Cluster-Based Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

open access: yesInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2013
This paper presents an efficient data aggregation approach for cluster-based underwater wireless sensor networks in order to prolong network lifetime.
Khoa Thi-Minh Tran   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidermal Patch Technologies for Integrated Healthcare and Infection Management

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Epidermal patches have evolved from simple wound coverings into multifunctional, skin‐conformable platforms integrating drug delivery, biosensing, and therapeutic functionalities. This review highlights their material innovations, fabrication strategies, and intelligent designs, including hydrogels, microneedles, and flexible electronics, while ...
Yuqi Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fully Wireless and Flexible Valves for Multiplexed and Prolonged Intravesical Liquid Release

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A fundamental mechanism for the simultaneous control of multiple magnetic valves is reported in a miniature soft robotic patch for intravesical drug delivery, enabling fully wireless and programmable liquid release. Integrated with a bioadhesive interface and induction‐coupling‐based liquid volume sensing, the soft robotic patch is promising to enable ...
Boyang Xiao   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Fair Scheduling in S-TDMA Sensor Networks for Monitoring River Plumes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) are a promising technology to provide oceanographers with environmental data in real time. Suitable network topologies to monitor estuaries are formed by strings coming together to a sink node.This network ...
Luque-Nieto, Miguel Ángel   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

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