ARCHITECTURAL STUDY OF LITTORAL ZONE SENSING USING UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK

The development in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) te chnology and its widespread application pay way for the development of Under Water Wireless Sensor Network (UWSN). In UWSN, sensor nodes are deployed under water or its surface for sensing information. These sensor nodes which are inexpensive & portable in nature; normally with limited memory, power and computational capabilities provides reliability and robustness. Also, the co st for deploying such a network is less than using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV).As radio wave requires high transmission power and large antennas, acoustic signals are pref erred in UWSN. By using UWSN, we can perform oceano graphic monitoring which includes detecting natural calamities (like Tsunami, earth quakes etc.)