Survey on mobile underwater wireless sensor networks

Mobile underwater wireless sensor networks(MUWSN)combines the research of underwater sensor networks with underwater robotics,which solves many problems existed in stable underwater sensor networks.The research contents and directions of MUWSN are presented with a down-to-up architeture,including underwater sensor nodes design,the connectivity of nodes,the dynamic configuration of networks and point-line-cover architecture.The influence of nodes mobility to underwater sensor networks and the matched sloutions are analysed emphatically.Though there are many challenges for the research of MUWSN,the excellent applications are anticipated.