An underwater network testbed: design, implementation and measurement

Authors:
Zheng Peng;Jun-Hong Cui;Bing Wang;Keenan Ball;Lee Freitag
Affiliations:
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT;University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT;University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT;Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA;Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Venue:
Proceedings of the second workshop on Underwater networks
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This paper presents the design, implementation and measurement of Aqua-Lab, an underwater acoustic sensor network lab testbed. Aqua-Lab consists of a water tank, a set of acoustic communication hardware, and a set of software. One important component of the software is an emulator that we developed to provide user-friendly programming interfaces and emulate realistic network settings. Using Aqua-Lab, we explore basic characteristics of data transmission using Micro-Modems and conduct a set of experiments in both field and lab environments. Our results from lab testbed are consistent with those from the field experiments, and thus demonstrate that Aqua-Lab can be used to experimentally evaluate algorithms and protocols designed for underwater sensor networks.