RT Journal Article T1 Optimal scheduling and fair servicepolicy for STDMA in underwater networks with acoustic communications A1 Luque-Nieto, Miguel Ángel A1 Moreno-Roldán, José Miguel A1 Otero-Roth, Pablo A1 Poncela-González, Javier K1 Sistemas de telecomunicaciones AB In this work, a multi-hop string network with a single sink node is analyzed. A periodic optimal scheduling for TDMA operation that considers the characteristic long propagation delay of the underwater acoustic channel is presented. This planning of transmissions is obtained with the help of a new geometrical method based on a 2D lattice in the space-time domain. In order toevaluate the performance of this optimal scheduling, two service policies have been compared: FIFO and Round-Robin. Simulation results, including achievable throughput, packet delay, and queue length, are shown. The network fairness has also been quantified with the Gini index. PB MDPI YR 2018 FD 2018-02 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/15359 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/15359 LA eng NO Luque-Nieto, M.-A.; Moreno-Roldán, J.-M.; Otero, P.; Poncela, J. Optimal Scheduling and Fair Service Policy for STDMA in Underwater Networks with Acoustic Communications. Sensors 2018, 18(2), Feb, Article no. 612. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 19 ene 2026