Power-aware fair infrastructure formation for wireless mobile ad hoc communications
Ahmed M. Safwat, Hossam S. Hassanein, Hussein Talaat Mouftah · 2002
In this paper, we propose a novel infrastructure formation protocol for wireless mobile ad hoc networks. In our proposed protocol, namely, the Power-Aware Virtual Base Stations (PA-VBS) protocol, a mobile node is elected from a set of nominees to act as a base station within its zone based on its residual battery capacity. Likewise, we study the characteristics and performance of PA-VBS by means of simulation. It is shown that PA-VBS outperforms other infrastructure-formation protocols in terms of load balancing, and attains fair clustering. PA-VBS is also shown, in our simulation experiments, to react positively to different routing loads. To the authors' best knowledge, this is the first time that battery capacity has been used as a basis for developing a wireless mobile infrastructure, and achieving load balancing.