Integrated Discovery and State-Aware Servicing for Mobile AUVs With UOWC: Modeling and Performance Analysis
This work develops a framework for mobile underwater robots to optimize energy use while maintaining underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) networks. It combines finding new nodes using stochastic search with a state-aware policy that decides whether to charge, communicate, or do nothing based on the target node's battery level. The result is an efficient method for balancing AUV energy consumption and network health.