Reservation Protocol Delay in Maritime Systems

The paper considers the delay of a maritime system that consists of a sea-to-shore radio communication channel and an underwater acoustic random access network. First, the delay of the reservation protocol operating over the radio communication channel is evaluated by itself. Next, the overall delay for the reservation protocol operating over the radio communication channel and the underwater acoustic random access network based on the stabilized CSMA slotted Aloha protocol is evaluated as well. Numerical examples are presented that illustrate the delay performance.