ISO/IEC 30171-1:2022

ISO/IEC 30171-1
Edition 1.0 2022-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Internet of things (IoT) – Base-station based underwater wireless acoustic
network (B‑UWAN) –
Part 1: Overview and requirements

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ISO/IEC 30171-1
Edition 1.0 2022-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Internet of things (IoT) – Base-station based underwater wireless acoustic

network (B‑UWAN) –
Part 1: Overview and requirements

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 33.020 ISBN 978-2-8322-1096-1

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Abbreviated terms . 6
5 B‑UWAN overview . 7
5.1 General . 7
5.2 Layered architecture of B‑UWAN . 8
5.3 Installation methods of B‑UWAN . 8
5.4 UWA‑BSC communication system . 10
5.5 UWA‑BS communication system . 11
5.6 UWA‑SNode communication system . 12
6 Requirements of B‑UWAN . 13
6.1 General requirements . 13
6.1.1 General . 13
6.1.2 Scalability . 13
6.1.3 Device management . 13
6.1.4 Low latency . 13
6.1.5 Carrier frequency . 14
6.1.6 Reliability. 14
6.1.7 Availability . 14
6.1.8 Safety . 14
6.1.9 Security . 14
6.1.10 Compatibility . 14
6.1.11 Network monitoring and management . 14
6.1.12 Support for other communication methods . 14
6.2 Specific requirements of B‑UWAN . 14
6.2.1 General . 14
6.2.2 Communication with terrestrial network . 14
6.2.3 Centralized power management . 14
6.2.4 Adaptive link management . 15
6.2.5 Frequency and time resource management . 15
6.2.6 Handover . 15
6.2.7 Frequency reuse management . 15
6.2.8 Multiple access . 15
6.2.9 Inter-cell interference management . 15
6.2.10 Sensor control and data management . 15
Bibliography . 16

Figure 1 – Overview of B‑UWAN . 7
Figure 2 – Layered architecture of B‑UWAN . 8
Figure 3 – B‑UWAN installation with acoustic communication . 9
Figure 4 – B‑UWAN installation with wired and acoustic communication . 9
Figure 5 – B‑UWAN installation without UWA‑BSC. 10

Figure 6 – Overview of UWA‑BSC communication system. 11
Figure 7 – Overview of UWA‑BS communication system . 12
Figure 8 – Overview of UWA‑SNode communication system . 13

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FOREWORD
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ISO/IEC 30171-1 has been prepared by subcommittee 41: Internet of Things and Digital Twin,
of ISO/IEC joint technical committee 1: Information technology. It is an International Standard.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
JTC1-SC41/266/FDIS JTC1-SC41/278/RVD

Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in
the above table.
The language used for the development of this International Standard is English.
This document was drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, and developed in
accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, available at www.iec.ch/members_experts/refdocs
and www.iso.org/directives.
A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 30171 series, published under the general title Internet of
Things (IoT) – Base-station based underwater wireless acoustic network (B-UWAN), can be
found on the IEC website.
INTRODUCTION
Underwater network can play a major role in the underwater environment because
approximately three quarters of the Earth is covered by water. Underwater network is important
to deploy various underwater applications and services such as finding underwater pipeline
leakage, detecting underwater climatic changes, monitoring water pollution levels, discovering
underwater natural resources, monitoring and finding underwater intruders, performing strategic
surveillance, and so on. Underwater network faces challenges due to constrained and time
varying underwater environment, maintaining both stationary and mobile nodes, limited battery
power, and managing a large number of sensors. Novel underwater communication methods
are brought by emerging technologies to overcome these challenges. Base-station based
underwater wireless acoustic networks (B‑UWANs) can provide efficient communication and
deployment in constrained underwater environment. B‑UWAN follows centralized management
to improve communication performance with a large number of sensors, stationary and mobile
nodes, and to provide longer battery life.
This document describes the overview and requirements appropriate to the B‑UWAN under the
constrained underwater environment.

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WIRELESS ACOUSTIC NETWORK (B‑UWAN) –

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1 Scope
This document provides the general overview of base-station based underwater wireless
acoustic networks (B‑UWANs). It gives a detailed description of the main components of
B‑UWAN and also provides functions of B‑UWAN components. It further specif
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