MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541122914 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 5, 2025, for 'energy-efficient routing protocol for underwater wireless sensor networks.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Indrasen Singh; Vannempalli Sanvika; Madala Poorna Chandra; and Kasapu Vennela Anjani.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure provides a method for energy-efficient routing in underwater wireless sensor networks. The method includes deploying sensor nodes in an underwater environment, wherein each node includes an acoustic communication module and measures residual energy and depth parameters. The method establishes wireless acoustic communication links between nodes and calculates an Energy Link Factor (ELf) for each potential forwarding node using residual energy levels and depth information. The method computes a holding time for each potential forwarding node based on the calculated Energy Link Factor and selects a forwarding node having shortest holding time as next hop in a routing path. The method may integrate Ant Colony Optimization algorithms to dynamically optimize route selection based on network performance feedback, using pheromone-like metrics to reinforce energy-efficient paths and adapt routing decisions in response to changing underwater environments."
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