This dissertation aims at developing accurate and efficient approaches of 8 designing shallow UWA channel simulators based on the measurement data of the real UWA channel in a specific shallow water environment.

Software-defined networking aims to change the inflexible state networking, by breaking vertical integration, separating the network’s control logic from the underlying routers and switches, promoting (logical) centralization of network control, and introducing the ability to program the network. Consequently, SDN is an important key for resolving aforementioned difficulties.