EEAODR: An energy-efficient ad hoc on-demand routing protocol for mobile ad hoc networks

  • Authors:

  • Sanjay Kumar Dhurandher;Sudip Misra;Mohammad S. Obaidat;Vikrant Bansal;Prithvi Raj Singh;Vikas Punia

  • Affiliations:

  • Division of Information Technology, NSIT, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India;School of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India;Department of Computer Science, Monmouth University, NJ, U.S.A.;Division of Computer Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India;Division of Computer Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India;Division of Computer Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Communication Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are characterized by random, multi-hop topologies that do not have a centralized coordinating entity or a fixed infrastructure that may change rapidly over time. In addition, mobile nodes operate with portable and finite power sources. In this work, we propose an energy-efficient routing protocol for MANETs to minimize energy consumption and increase the network's consistency. Traditional works mainly focused on the shortest path-based schemes to minimize energy, which might result into network failure because some nodes might exhaust fast as they are used repetitively, while some other nodes might not be used at all. This can lead to energy imbalance and to network life reduction. We propose an energy-efficient ad hoc on-demand routing protocol that balances energy load among nodes so that a minimum energy level is maintained among nodes and the network life increases. We focused on increasing the network longevity by distributing energy consumption in the network. We also compared the simulation results with a popular existing on-demand routing protocol in this area, AODV, to establish the superiority of our approach. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. A preliminary version of this work appeared in the proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (IEEE ICECS 2008), St. Julians, Malta, 31 August–3 September 2008.