An Energy Efficient Hybrid Clustering Routing Protocol for Underwater WSNs

Underwater acoustic communications are a hastily growing field of research and engineering, which once were exclusively for military applications are now extending into commercial fields. Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks (UWSNs) appeal the research community, facing challenges as sensor nodes have energy constraint and radio signals are not suitable for underwater wireless communication. This paper explores an Energy Efficient Hybrid Clustering routing protocol (EEHC) for UWSNs, depicted from Depth-Based Energy-Balanced Hybrid (DB-EBH) routing protocol with integrated clustering technique.