Because VOSs and floating objects will change positions, the network routing must be able to dynamically adapt to traveling nodes to update routing decisions.
In such a scenario, nodes show a drift resembles that of personal cellular phone use.
However, the drift of nodes causes volatile network links requiring a continuously updating routing algorithm.
Silvia Nittel and her colleagues published a work about data management in a network of drifting nodes over the ocean.
Nittel’s team aims to establish a similar setup for observing the ocean in a dedicated area, such as the Gulf of Maine.