Abstract: Recent research has seen remarkable advancement in the field of Under Water Sensor Networks (UWSNs). Many different protocols are developed in the recent years in this domain. As these protocols can be categorized in a variety of ways according to the mechanisms and functionalities they follow, hence it becomes important to understand their principal working. In this research we have introduced three analysis methods; Clustering based, Localization based and Cooperation based routing by selecting some recent routing protocols in the field of UWSN and presented a comparative analysis according to the categories in which they lie. This research has been taken theoretically and is qualitative one. Also a detail analysis of their key advantages and flaws are also identified in this research.

Muhammad Ahsan, Sheeraz Ahmed, Adil khan, Mukhtaj khan, Fazle Hadi, Fazal Wahab and Imran Ahmed, “A Recent Study on Routing Protocols in UWSNs” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 8(4), 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080457

@article{Ahsan2017,
title = {A Recent Study on Routing Protocols in UWSNs},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080457},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080457},
year = {2017},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {8},
number = {4},
author = {Muhammad Ahsan and Sheeraz Ahmed and Adil khan and Mukhtaj khan and Fazle Hadi and Fazal Wahab and Imran Ahmed}
}