Energy Consumption Analysis of Ad hoc Routing Protocols for Different Energy Models in MANET
Rohit Sangwan · IOSR Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering · 2013
In Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs), energy conservation is a critical issue as the nodes are powered by the batteries which have limited energy reservoir.Hence the power level of the nodes is a problematical factor that extensively affects the performance and efficiency of ad hoc routing protocols.The rapidly changing traffic pattern the mobility of the nodes and the lack of fixed infrastructure makes routing in a MANET a challenging issue.So one of the main issues in MANET routing protocols is the development of energy efficient and QoS aware routing protocols which requires the energy analysis of routing protocols so that some modifications can be suggested.This paper presents performance comparison of three categories of mobile ad hoc routing protocols i.e. proactive, reactive and hybrid.The performance analysis is based on different metrics of Physical Layer such as Power Consumed in Transmit Mode, Power Consumed in Receive and Idle Modes, and metrics of application layer like Average End to End Delay, Average Jitter, Throughput and Packet Delivery Ratio based on the simulation analysis.Simulation analysis is performed over well known network simulator QualNet 6.1.