I. INTRODUCTION

II. POTENTIAL ARCHITECTURES OF UNDERWATER OPTICAL WIRELESS NETWORKS

III. PHYSICAL LAYER: ESSENTIALS OF UOWCS

IV. DATA LINK LAYER: LINK CONFIGURATIONS AND MULTIPLE ACCESS SCHEMES

V. NETWORK LAYER: RELAYING TECHNIQUES AND ROUTING PROTOCOLS

VI. TRANSPORT LAYER: CONNECTIVITY, RELIABILITY, AND FLOW/CONGESTION CONTROL

VII. APPLICATION LAYER

VIII. LOCALIZATION IN UNDERWATER OPTICAL WIRELESS NETWORKS

IX. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF UOWNS

X. CONCLUSIONS