SO-link: A light-weight underwater wireless acoustic sensor networking protocol stack architecture for education

Abstract

In this paper, we present a light-weight protocol stack architecture for UWASN called SO-Link. It is an education-friendly framework of UWASN protocol stack. It will help the beginners to acquaint with the underwater acoustic communication, and to understand the main principles of UWASN. We also provide clear and usable interfaces for UWASN protocol developers to transplant their protocols to our protocol stack. We have implemented the first version of SO-Link and tested it in a simulated environment.