Performance evaluation of underwater MAC protocols: at-sea experiments
In this paper, we investigate the performance of three medium access control (MAC) protocols (CSMA, T-Lohi, and DACAP) representing simple, intermediate, and fully negotiated protocols, to access the underwater acoustic channel, during two at-sea campaigns. Various tests were conducted in the waters surrounding Pianosa island during the NATO ACommsNet10 experiment in September 2010 and off the coast of the Palmaria island during the NATO CommsNet13 experiment in 2013.