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This paper proposes two routing protocols for UWSNs: localization free energy efficient routing (LFEER) and its improved version, localization free energy efficient cooperative routing (Co-LFEER). The LFEER makes decision of choosing a relay based on its maximum residual energy, number of hops and the bit error rate of the link over which packets are transmitted. These metrics are chosen to save packets from corruption to the maximum limit and maintain stable paths (where nodes do not die soon). Since a single link is used in the LFEER for packets forwarding, the link may become worse with changing circumstances of the channel. To deal with this issue, cooperative routing is added to the LFFER to construct the Co-LFEER protocol, in which some copies of packets are received by destination to decide about packets quality. Converse to some prevalent protocols, both LFEER and Co-LFEER are independent of knowing the sensor nodes\u2019 positions, which increases computational complexity and wasteful utilization of resources. Based on extensive simulations, the proposed schemes are better than Co-DBR in reducing energy utilization and advancing packets to the desired destination.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym10100498","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,16]],"date-time":"2018-10-16T02:52:53Z","timestamp":1539658373000},"page":"498","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Localization Free Energy Efficient and Cooperative Routing Protocols for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Sahar","family":"Shah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0300-8553","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anwar","family":"Khan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan"},{"name":"Department of Electronics, University of Peshawar, Peshawar KPK 25120, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9549-2540","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ihsan","family":"Ali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer System and Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kualalumpur 50603, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kwang-Man","family":"Ko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sangji University, Wonju-si 220-702, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hasan","family":"Mahmood","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Khasawneh, A., Latiff, M.S.B.A., Kaiwartya, O., and Chizari, H. 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