ISO/IEC 30140-2:2017

ISO/IEC 30140-2
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Part 2: Reference architecture

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ISO/IEC 30140-2
Edition 1.0 2017-10
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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Information technology – Underwater acoustic sensor network (UWASN) –

Part 2: Reference architecture

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Abbreviated terms . 7
5 Purpose of UWASN reference architecture (UWASN RA) . 9
6 UWASN conceptual model . 10
7 Configuration of UWASN RA – Systems reference architecture (SRA) . 11
7.1 General . 11
7.2 System-level physical entities . 13
7.2.1 Overview . 13
7.2.2 Physical entities . 13
7.3 High-level SRA view . 20
7.4 SRA from system service view . 21
8 Configuration of UWASN RA – Communication reference architecture (CRA) . 21
8.1 High-level CRA view . 21
8.2 CRA from network connectivity view . 25
8.2.1 UWA-Physical layer . 25
8.2.2 UWA-Datalink layer . 26
8.2.3 UWA-Network layer . 27
8.2.4 UWA-Bundle layer . 27
8.2.5 UWA-Application layer . 28
8.2.6 Functional modules. 29
8.2.7 Essential concept of functional entities . 29
9 Configuration of UWASN RA – Information reference architecture (IRA) . 32
9.1 High-level IRA view . 32
9.2 IRA from information service view . 34
9.2.1 General . 34
9.2.2 Information gathering layer . 35
9.2.3 Information delivering layer . 35
9.2.4 Application and service layer . 35
9.2.5 Information domain view . 35
9.2.6 Information service view . 36
Bibliography . 38

Figure 1 – UWASN system conceptual model . 10
Figure 2 – UWASN systems reference architecture . 12
Figure 3 – Physical entities of a UWASN . 14
Figure 4 – Physical architecture of underwater sensor node . 16
Figure 5 – Underwater sensor node (UWA-SNode) architecture . 17
Figure 6 – Underwater gateway architecture . 18
Figure 7 – Unmanned underwater vehicle architecture . 19
Figure 8 – Underwater device architecture . 20

Figure 9 – Graphical representation of the interoperable UWASN RA from a service
point of view . 21
Figure 10 – UWASN communication reference architecture . 22
Figure 11 – Underwater acoustic communication architecture . 24
Figure 12 – Underwater acoustic sensor network architecture . 25
Figure 13 – UWA-PHY layer reference model . 26
Figure 14 – UWA-DL layer reference model . 26
Figure 15 – UWA-NWK layer reference model . 27
Figure 16 – UWA-Bundle layer reference model . 28
Figure 17 – UWA-APS layer reference model . 28
Figure 18 – Functional entities of UWASN . 30
Figure 19 – UWASN IRA . 33
Figure 20 – Underwater information service architecture . 35
Figure 21 – Underwater information domain view . 36
Figure 22 – Underwater information service view . 37

Table 1 – UWASN systems reference architecture . 12
Table 2 – UWASN communication reference architecture (UWASN CRA) . 23
Table 3 – Functional model and descriptions in UWASN . 30
Table 4 – Interrelationship between functional and physical entities of UWASN . 32
Table 5 – UWASN information reference architecture (UWASN IRA) . 34

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Part 2: Reference architecture
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International Standard ISO/IEC 30140-2 was prepared by subcommittee 41: Internet of Things
and related technologies, of ISO/IEC joint technical committee 1: Information technology.
The list of all currently available parts of the ISO/IEC 30140 series, under the general title
Information technology – Underwater acoustic sensor network (UWASN), can be found on the
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