A Localization Based Cooperative Routing Protocol for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks

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State-of-the-art related work: cooperative routing.

Technique	Features	Achievements	Limitations
Joint cooperative routing and power allocation for collision minimization in WSNs with multiple flows [17]	Cooperative routing protocol, optimal power allocation to sensor nodes	Collision probability is minimized	High computational cost
Energy efficient cooperative communication for data transmission in WSNs [18]	Reliable and efficient data communication cooperative routing protocol	High throughput and reliable data delivery	Mobility of sensor node is neglected; qualified forwarder node selection mechanism is not accurate
Performance analysis of cooperative diversity with incremental-best-relay technique over Rayleigh fading channels [19]	Incremental relaying cooperation is implemented	Less probability of error, higher throughput, and reliability	High energy consumption
Exploiting cooperative relay for reliable communications in UASNs [20]	Cooperative scheme that increases the throughput and reliability of the network	High network throughput	Nonefficient relay node selection mechanism
Optimal and near-optimal cooperative routing and power allocation for collision minimization in WSNs [21]	MINLP problems are solved with branch-and-bound algorithms	Minimizing the end-to-end delay by reducing the search space	Only efficient for predefined network topologies
Co-UWSN: cooperative energy efficient protocol for UWSNs [22]	Incremental relay is selected on the basis of distance and SNR of the link	Comparatively less energy consumption	ACK on each packet resulted in high end to delay
EECCC (energy efficient cooperative communication in clustered WSNs) [23]	Clustering and cooperative communication in the network	Comparatively less energy consumption with direct communication	High energy consumption in dense deployment due to redundant transmissions
Relay selection and optimization algorithm of power allocation based on channel delay for UWSNs [24]	Relay is selected on the basis of BER and propagational delay	Improving the network lifetime	High end-to-end delay
Cooperative partner nodes selection criteria for cooperative routing in UWSNs [25]	Partner node selection on the basis of depth threshold and propagational delay	Comparatively high packet acceptance ratio	High energy consumption