Rodríguez-Molina, JesúsMartinez-Rodriguez, BelenBilbao, SoniaMartín-Wanton, Tamara2017-06-08Rodríguez-Molina , J , Martinez-Rodriguez , B , Bilbao , S & Martín-Wanton , T 2017 , ' Maritime Data Transfer Protocol (MDTP): A Proposal for a Data Transmission Protocol in Resource-Constrained Underwater Environments Involving Cyber-Physical Systems : A proposal for a data transmission protocol in resource-constrained underwater environments involving cyber-physical systems ' , Sensors , vol. 17 , no. 6 , 1330 , pp. 1330-1361 . https://doi.org/10.3390/s170613301424-3210researchoutputwizard: 11556/404Publisher Copyright: © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.The utilization of autonomous maritime vehicles is becoming widespread in operations that are deemed too hazardous for humans to be directly involved in them. One of the ways to increase the productivity of the tools used during missions is the deployment of several vehicles with the same objective regarding data collection and transfer, both for the benefit of human staff and policy makers. However, the interchange of data in such an environment poses major challenges, such as a low bandwidth and the unreliability of the environment where transmissions take place. Furthermore, the relevant information that must be sent, as well as the exact size that will allow understanding it, is usually not clearly established, as standardization works are scarce in this domain. Under these conditions, establishing a way to interchange information at the data level among autonomous maritime vehicles becomes of critical importance since the needed information, along with the size of the transferred data, will have to be defined. This manuscript puts forward the Maritime Data Transfer Protocol, (MDTP) a way to interchange standardized pieces of information at the data level for maritime autonomous maritime vehicles, as well as the procedures that are required for information interchange.324941353enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessjournal article10.3390/s17061330Autonomous maritime vehiclesProtocolProtocol data unitAutonomous maritime vehiclesProtocolProtocol data unitAnalytical ChemistryInformation SystemsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsBiochemistryInstrumentationElectrical and Electronic EngineeringProject IDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/662107/EU/Smart and Networking UnderWAter Robots in Cooperation Meshes/SWARMsinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/662107/EU/Smart and Networking UnderWAter Robots in Cooperation Meshes/SWARMsFunding InfoSWARMs (Smart and Networking Underwater Robots in Cooperation Meshes) 1034 European research project. It is under Grant Agreement 1035 n.662107-SWARMs-ECSEL-2014-1 and is being partially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Ref: PCIN-2014-022-C02-02) and the ECSEL JU.SWARMs (Smart and Networking Underwater Robots in Cooperation Meshes) 1034 European research project. It is under Grant Agreement 1035 n.662107-SWARMs-ECSEL-2014-1 and is being partially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Ref: PCIN-2014-022-C02-02) and the ECSEL JU.http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020428117&partnerID=8YFLogxK