Performance of UAV Networks Over the Ocean: A Perspective Towards Connected Ocean

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming one of the promising technologies to improve quality of life, also UAVs are acting one of the reliable sources to provide connectivity over remote areas. In this paper, we present a UAV network architecture over the ocean for the idea of connected ocean. The presented model consists of two layers of UAVs for ocean monitoring and communication. The flying ad hoc network (FANET) over the ocean is formed by lower layer UAVs, so that the area under these UAVs remains connected. In this article, the performance over the ocean is verified for the scenario considering ocean entities and lower layer UAVs. A mechanism to improve the data delivery in the UAV network over the ocean is presented. This can be considered for incorporating in the idea of connected ocean. Simulation results show that the presented mechanism performs better over conventional mechanisms.