Classification of Routing Protocols for Under Water Sensor Network

Abstract

Underwater Wireless Sensor network (UWSN) is a newly emerging area of wireless sensor network application which is used for naval, aquatic network, oiling network, surveillance, researchand distinct applicationinunderwater environment. Routing is one of the major concern of UWSN apart from mobility, bandwidth, robustness, high latency, node failure and various other. There are different research aspects which are categorized in variety of communication approaches in underwater environment which is quite different from the traditional approaches of network communication. In this paper we have broadly classifiedmost of the existing routing protocols in accordance to the usability. The classification is defined based on data forwarding and operations of routing protocols. This paper has distinguished the routing mechanisms to be adopted in accordance to the application requirement of Underwater Wireless Sensors for dynamic and static applicability.