A Comprehensive Study on the Internet of Underwater Things: Applications, Challenges, and Channel Models

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 17; no. 7; p. 1477
• Main Authors: Kao, Chien-Chi, Lin, Yi-Shan, Wu, Geng-De, Huang, Chun-Ju
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 22.06.2017; MDPI
• Subjects: Internet of Things; Internet of Things (IoT); Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT); smart city; Underwater exploration; Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSN); wireless sensor networks (WSN); wireless sensor networks (WSN); Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT); Internet of Things (IoT); Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSN); smart city

The Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) is a novel class of Internet of Things (IoT), and is defined as the network of smart interconnected underwater objects. IoUT is expected to enable various practical applications, such as environmental monitoring, underwater exploration, and disaster preventio...