Instituto de Investigación para la Gestión Integrada de Zonas Costeras (IGIC), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia 46022, Spain.
Sensors (Basel). 2013 Sep 5;13(9):11782-96. doi: 10.3390/s130911782.
Sensor technology has matured enough to be used in any type of environment. The appearance of new physical sensors has increased the range of environmental parameters for gathering data. Because of the huge amount of unexploited resources in the ocean environment, there is a need of new research in the field of sensors and sensor networks. This special issue is focused on collecting recent advances on underwater sensors and underwater sensor networks in order to measure, monitor, surveillance of and control of underwater environments. On the one hand, from the sensor node perspective, we will see works related with the deployment of physical sensors, development of sensor nodes and transceivers for sensor nodes, sensor measurement analysis and several issues such as layer 1 and 2 protocols for underwater communication and sensor localization and positioning systems. On the other hand, from the sensor network perspective, we will see several architectures and protocols for underwater environments and analysis concerning sensor network measurements. Both sides will provide us a complete view of last scientific advances in this research field.
传感器技术已经发展得足够成熟，可以应用于任何类型的环境中。新型物理传感器的出现增加了数据采集的环境参数范围。由于海洋环境中存在大量未开发的资源，因此需要在传感器和传感器网络领域进行新的研究。本期特刊重点收集了水下传感器和水下传感器网络的最新进展，以实现对水下环境的测量、监测、监控和控制。一方面，从传感器节点的角度来看，我们将看到与物理传感器的部署、传感器节点的开发以及传感器节点的收发器、传感器测量分析以及水下通信的第 1 层和第 2 层协议和传感器定位与定位系统等几个问题有关的工作。另一方面，从传感器网络的角度来看，我们将看到针对水下环境的几种架构和协议，以及对传感器网络测量的分析。这两个方面将为我们提供该研究领域最新科学进展的全貌。
