A Survey on Software Defined Architecture for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

Underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSNs) has increased the growing body of researchers from both academia and commercial enterprises due to their vast resourceful applications in underwater environments. With the advances in science and technology, research on underwater can be directed by the real time mechanism of sensor nodes and autonomous devices at different levels. The criterion for significant explorations defined with relevance to technology oriented. Also, UWSNs differs from terrestrial wireless networks in terms of sensor nodes deployment, communication capabilities, energy consumption and optimal computing techniques. This paper surveyed the recent proposed software defined architecture for UWSNs. In addition, the research paper revealed the summary of software defined architecture in UWSNs together highlights the potential directions and future research exploration in the field of underwater network environments.