Systems Analysis of Acoustic Underwater Sensor Networks: A Taxonomy

Underwater seismic and volcanic activity can have catastrophic consequences which are often fatal for human and animal life. Scientists have development instruments to measure the onset of such events and a substantial number of systems are in use around the globe. However, most of these focus on some aspects of detection but are not covering all aspects of detection, measurement, power consumption and data communication. This research aims to evaluate existing frameworks and develop a taxonomy of systems components necessary for a fully functioning comprehensive underwater activity detection system. The proposed framework has sensor, positioning and mobility as main components and is a centralized underwater node localization method using range based multilateral accumulation (RBMAM). The mobility component is used for identification, improvisation and tracking of the position of the sensors, which have been placed under water for the purpose of wireless communication networking and nodes localization to detect the possibilities of seaquakes. This research enhances the underwater localization of the nodes using acoustic wireless sensor networking which through which earlier detection of potential seaquakes could be identified and the location of the nodes could be tracked. The communication underwater will be improved, and accurate results could be achieved for underwater navigation.