SPARCO: Stochastic Performance Analysis with Reliability and Cooperation for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

Table 8

Performance parameters with their trade-offs.

Protocol	Advances achieved	Reference	Price to pay	Reference
SPARCO	Stability period extends	Figures 7 and 11	More forwarding nodes and energy consumption	Figure 8
	Transmission loss declines	Figure 10	Shorter stability period and energy consumption	Figures 8 and 11
	Throughput increases	Figure 9	Time lag and energy consumption	Figure 8
	End-to-end delay improves	Figure 12	Transmission loss	Figure 10
CoDBR	Stability period extends	Figures 7 and 11	Packet delivery ratio	Fig. 9
	Transmission loss declines	Figure 10	Redundant transmissions and lesser stability period	Figures 7 and 11
	Throughput increases	Figure 9	Transmission loss and delay	Figures 10 and 12
	End-to-end delay improves	Figure 12	Sharp energy depletion	Figure 8
iAMCTD	Stability period extends	Figures 7 and 11	Extra forwarding nodes and energy consumption	Figure 8
	Transmission loss declines	Figure 10	Packet delivery ratio and delay	Figures 9 and 12
	Throughput increases	Figure 9	Transmission loss due to distant propagations	Figure 10
	End-to-end delay improves	Figure 12	Transmission loss due to courier nodes	Figure 10
Cog-Coop	Stability period extends	Figures 7 and 11	Energy consumption due to two nodes relaying and delay	Figure 8
	Transmission loss declines	Figure 10	Redundant transmissions and lesser stability period	Figures 7 and 11
	Throughput increases	Figure 9	Transmission loss and delay	Figures 9 and 11
	End-to-end delay improves	Figure 12	Sharp energy depletion	Figure 8
Coop (Re and dth)	Stability period extends	Figures 7 and 11	Redundant transmissions and packet delivery ratio	Figure 9
	Transmission loss declines	Figure 10	End-to-end delay	Figure 12
	Throughput increases	Figure 9	Transmission loss and greater energy consumption	Figures 8 and 10
	End-to-end delay improves	Figure 12	Transmission loss due to lag of SNR	Figure 10