Design and Evaluation of Protocol Stacks for Underwater Communications

The project revolves around three themes: (i) understanding the physics of acoustic propagation and its impact on the design of communication algorithms and network protocols, (ii) design of network protocols that are theoretically sound and suited to the needs of underwater applications, and (iii) experimental demonstration. The latter activity will benefit from Prof. Basagni collaborations with Woods Hole Oceanograhic Institute and with La Spezia NURC (Nato Underwater Research Center). Such collaborations will allow us to test our ideas in real settings, using equipments whose cost (in the million of Euros) would otherwise be not affordable, having impact on cutting edge ocean engineering.