Power-Saving Mechanisms to Achieve Reduced Energy Consumption While Maintaining Effective Communication by Using the Appropriate Transmission Power in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Vikas Sharma · 2013
Communication in ad hoc networks necessarily drains the batteries of the participating nodes, and eventually results in the failure of nodes due to lack of energy. Since the goal of an ad hoc network is to support some desired communication, energy conservation techniques must consider the impact of specific node failures on effective communication in the network. One of the promising mechanisms proposed to reduce the energy consumption in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET’s) is the transmission power control. In this research, our aim is to reduce energy consumption during both active communication and idle periods in communication. Mathematical analysis supported by simulations is used to validate the scalability of the proposed technique. The routing algorithm can use remaining battery energy to balance the routing or forwarding of packets among nodes by choosing appropriate nodes as packet forwarders. Using these metrics and this technique, we derive from DSR a new power aware and energy efficient protocol.