An Energy-Conserving Topology Maintenance Algorithm for MANETs

Author

Muthuramalingam, S. ; Janani, P. ; Bavya, B. ; Rajaram, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. Of Inf. Technol., Thiagarajar Coll. of Eng., Madurai, India

fYear

2009

fDate

27-29 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

208

Lastpage

213

Abstract

To identify the desired transmission range of each node in a cluster and power management based on mean transmission power within the context of wireless ad-hoc networks. By reducing the transmission range of the nodes, energy consumed by each nodes is decreased and topology is formed by sending messages between the nodes such as RTS and CTS. A new algorithm is formulated by deriving a mathematical expression based on these messages. It helps in reducing the system power consumption and prolonging the battery life of mobile nodes. Formation of cluster and selection of optimal cluster head and thus forming the optimal cluster taking weighted metrics like battery life, distance, position and mobility is done based on the factors such as node density, coverage area, contention index, required and current node degree of the nodes in the clusters.

Keywords

ad hoc networks; maintenance engineering; mobile radio; telecommunication network topology; MANET; energy-conserving topology maintenance algorithm; mean transmission power; mobile ad hoc network; mobile nodes; node density; power management; system power consumption; wireless ad-hoc networks; Ad hoc networks; Batteries; Clustering algorithms; Conference management; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Information technology; Mobile ad hoc networks; Network topology; Power engineering and energy; Topology formation; Transmission range; ad hoc networks; power optimization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networks and Communications, 2009. NETCOM '09. First International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chennai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5364-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3924-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NetCoM.2009.73

Filename

5383982