TITLE:
A Comparative Assessment of Floating and Submerged Sensor Network Deployments for Monitoring Underwater Sediment Transport Processes
AUTHORS:
Archie J. Watt, Carlene E.-A. Campbell, Stephen Hole, Ian Wells, Michael R. Phillips
KEYWORDS:
Wireless Sensor Networks, Environmental Monitoring, Underwater, Coastal Erosion
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Computer and Communications,
Vol.4 No.5,
May
26,
2016
ABSTRACT: Wireless Sensor
Networks (WSNs) are a pioneering technology in many environmental monitoring
applications owing to their ability to be deployed for long periods of time in
locations that cannot be reached manually. One such use-case is the monitoring
of underwater sediment transport, a process that plays a significant role in
coastal erosion. Previous examples of WSNs deployed for this purpose have been
in the form of underwater sensor networks (UWSNs), which have a number of
shortcomings from both a practical and technical viewpoint. As such, this paper
provides a comparative assessment of UWSNs and an alternative deployment
approach of floating echo- sounding sensor networks for the purpose of
monitoring underwater sediment transport.