Autonomous depth adjustment for underwater sensor networks: Design and applications

Carrick Detweiler; Marek Doniec; Iuliu Vasilescu; Daniela Rus

doi:10.1109/TMECH.2011.2175003

Autonomous depth adjustment for underwater sensor networks: Design and applications

Carrick Detweiler, Marek Doniec, Iuliu Vasilescu, Daniela Rus

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute

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Abstract

To fully understand the ocean environment requires sensing the full water column. Utilizing a depth adjustment system on an underwater sensor network provides this while also improving global sensing and communications. This paper presents a depth adjustment system for waters up to 50m deep that connects to the AquaNode sensor network nodes. We performed experiments characterizing and demonstrating the functionality of the depth adjustment system. We discuss the application of this device in improving acoustic communication and also verify the functionality of a decentralized depth adjustment algorithm that optimizes the placement of the nodes for collecting sensing data.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6119222
Pages (from-to)	16-24
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2011.2175003
State	Published - Feb 2012

Keywords

Depth adjustment
marine control
sensing
underwater sensor network

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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