New routing for balanced energy consumption in mobile ad hoc networks
Sidi‐Mohammed Senouci, Mohamed Naïmi · 2005
Energy conservation is a critical issue in ad hoc wireless networks for node and network life, as only batteries power nodes. This issue is crucial in the design of new routing protocols since each host acts also as a router. To design such protocols, we have to look away from the traditional minimum hop routing schemes. In this paper, we propose three extensions to the shortest-path routing algorithm, AODV. The discovery mechanism in these algorithms (LEAR-AODV, PAR-AODV, and LPR-AODV) uses energy consumption as a routing metric. These algorithms reduce the nodes energy consumption by routing packets using energy-optimal routes.