Affiliations 

  • 1 School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, India
  • 2 School of Computer Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden 11800, Malaysia
  • 3 School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur 613401, India
  • 4 Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Kore University of Enna, 94100 Enna, Italy
  • 5 School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Eng. Campus, Nibong Tebal 14300, Malaysia
Sensors (Basel), 2023 May 17;23(10).
PMID: 37430763 DOI: 10.3390/s23104844

Abstract

Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs) have recently established themselves as an extremely interesting area of research thanks to the mysterious qualities of the ocean. The UWSN consists of sensor nodes and vehicles working to collect data and complete tasks. The battery capacity of sensor nodes is quite limited, which means that the UWSN network needs to be as efficient as it can possibly be. It is difficult to connect with or update a communication that is taking place underwater due to the high latency in propagation, the dynamic nature of the network, and the likelihood of introducing errors. This makes it difficult to communicate with or update a communication. Cluster-based underwater wireless sensor networks (CB-UWSNs) are proposed in this article. These networks would be deployed via Superframe and Telnet applications. In addition, routing protocols, such as Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV), Fisheye State Routing (FSR), Location-Aided Routing 1 (LAR1), Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR), and Source Tree Adaptive Routing-Least Overhead Routing Approach (STAR-LORA), were evaluated based on the criteria of their energy consumption in a range of various modes of operation with QualNet Simulator using Telnet and Superframe applications. STAR-LORA surpasses the AODV, LAR1, OLSR, and FSR routing protocols in the evaluation report's simulations, with a Receive Energy of 0.1 mWh in a Telnet deployment and 0.021 mWh in a Superframe deployment. The Telnet and Superframe deployments consume 0.05 mWh transmit power, but the Superframe deployment only needs 0.009 mWh. As a result, the simulation results show that the STAR-LORA routing protocol outperforms the alternatives.

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