Abstract:

The disadvantages of the current algorithms for underwater acoustic ad hoc networks are analyzed. After that, an energy and time efficiency based topology control algorithm is proposed. The network topology is controlled by a singlehop transmission cost parameter defined in the algorithm. The parameter describes the energy consumption, communication delay and the signal attenuation of the networks. The simulation result shows that the new algorithm has a better performance on the average node degree, endtoend delay and the energy efficiency.