A SDN-controlled underwater MAC and routing testbed
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-22-2016
Abstract
© 2016 IEEE. Efficient data communication among autonomous under-water vehicles (AUVs) is difficult. Challenges include the long propagation delays arising with acoustic communication solutions, and line-of-sight requirements for optical transceivers. Existing multi-hop routing approaches are not always appropriate due to node mobility. This work presents a centralized approach to network control, exploiting the observation that AUV networks will have a bounded number of nodes. The paper describes a SDN realization of AUV networking, and documents the implementation of a small-scale replica of the system in our testbed, which can be accessed remotely via a web page and SSH. We then demonstrate the functionality of our implementation by evaluating the performances of two existing MAC protocols namely Slotted FAMA [11] and UW-Aloha [13], in a multi-hop, underwater scenario.
Publication Title
Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM
Recommended Citation
Fan, R.,
Wei, L.,
Du, P.,
Goldrick, C.,
&
Gerla, M.
(2016).
A SDN-controlled underwater MAC and routing testbed.
Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM, 1071-1076.
http://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM.2016.7795472
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