Simultaneous Design of Underwater Acoustic Sensor and Communication Networks

Many papers discuss challenges and solutions pertaining to underwater networks that make use of acoustic waves for either detection or communication purposes. However, no known solution yet exists for jointly conceiving network performing both tasks. This publication proposes a procedure addressing this shortcoming. While considering environmental conditions and physical design decisions, the approach leads to a closed-form expression that has an optimal communication source level solution. Moreover, results compare favorably with experimental data.