A Power-Aware Broadcasting Algorithm
Hugo Miranda, Simone Leggio, Luı́s Rodrigues, Kimmo E. E. Raatikainen · 2006
Flooding is an expensive operation that is often required in the operation of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). In this paper, we present a novel algorithm to reduce the overhead imposed by flooding operations. The algorithm improves previous results by using a distributed function to elect the nodes that will provide the highest additional coverage to previous retransmissions. The algorithm does not require any signalling or impose special requirements on the participating devices