A heuristic for low power QoS routing in ad hoc networks

For an important class of ad hoc wireless networks, conserving power is a major concern. All nodes in an ad hoc network participate in routing and forwarding of packets. Many ad hoc networks support applications which require network connections with guaranteed quality of service (QoS). In this paper a simple routing scheme is presented for controlling the network topology so that QoS routes are provide while keeping transmitter power at the nodes close to minimum.