Modeling and Simulation of P-Aloha, CSMA /CA and MACAW Protocols for Underwater Acoustic Channel

Abstract: Medium access control (MAC) protocol of underwater acoustic communicationnetwork is a key technologyfor underwater acousticnetworks (UANs). Most of the MAC protocolsfor wireless terrestrial communication networks have been designed with negligible propagation delay. If it is deployed directly in an underwater environment, the UANs will perform inefficiently. In this paper, the...