Underwater wireless communications play a vital role in marine applications such as oceans' monitoring, exploration, and scientific data collection. Underwater wireless network (UWN) is an important area for the research due to the unique and harsh underwater environment and application which are quite challenging and problematics issues still remain to be addressed. Hence, intelligent solutions are needed for various levels of network architecture. Recently, many academic and industrial researchers have paid attention to the development of state-of-the-art intelligent solutions for future underwater wireless communications and networks. This chapter enlightens and guides the potential research communities about the recent progress in the area of intelligent UWC. This chapter also reviews underwater wireless networks based on acoustics, even electromagnetic, and optical signals. UWN systems also are reviewed for data gathering and recharge docking systems. Intelligent methodologies and modelings are the key drivers for future intelligent underwater communication.

Chapter Contents:

• 11.1 Introduction
• 11.2 Underwater EM wireless communication
• 11.2.1 Underwater optical communication
• 11.2.2 Underwater acoustic communication
• 11.2.3 Comparison of underwater communications technologies
• 11.3 Underwater communication networks
• 11.3.1 Underwater wireless sensor network
• 11.3.2 Autonomous underwater vehicles and robots network
• 11.4 Internet of underwater things
• 11.5 Underwater intelligent data gathering system
• 11.6 The underwater intelligent recharge docking system
• 11.7 Intelligent UWC methodologies
• 11.7.1 Intelligent navigation and control algorithms
• 11.7.2 Q-learning optimization
• 11.7.3 Intelligent distributed virtual system
• 11.7.4 Adaptive networks architecture
• 11.7.5 Intelligent fish-like underwater network
• 11.7.6 Intelligent recognition of noise target
• 11.8 Intelligent UWC modeling
• 11.8.1 Mathematical modeling
• 11.8.2 Monte Carlo simulations
• 11.8.3 Hidden Markov model
• 11.9 Summary
• References

Inspec keywords: underwater acoustic communication; wireless sensor networks

Other keywords: recharge docking systems; intelligent underwater wireless communications; data gathering; intelligent UWC; scientific data collection; industrial researchers; academic researchers; network architecture; wireless network; potential research communities; future underwater wireless communications; underwater wireless networks; harsh underwater environment; future intelligent underwater communication; marine applications

Subjects: Wireless sensor networks; Signal processing and detection; Acoustic and other telecommunication systems and equipment