PROTOCOLS FOR INCREASING THE LIFETIME OF NODES OF AD HOC
WIRELESS NETWORKS

ICTACT Journal on Communication Technology ( Volume: 1 , Issue: 1 )

Abstract

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Power consumption of nodes in ad hoc networks is a critical issue as they predominantly operate on batteries. In order to improve the lifetime of an ad hoc network, all the nodes must be utilized evenly and the power required for connections must be minimized. Energy management deals with the process of managing energy resources by means of controlling the battery discharge, adjusting the transmission power and scheduling of power sources so as to increase the lifetime of the nodes of an ad hoc wireless network. In this paper, two protocols are proposed to improve the lifetime of the nodes. The first protocol assumes smart battery packages with L cells and uses dynamic programming (DP) to optimally select the set of cells used to satisfy a request for power. The second one proposes a MAC layer protocol denoted as Power Aware medium Access Control (PAMAC) protocol which enables the network layer to select a route with minimum total power requirement among the possible routes between a source and a destination provided all nodes in the routes have battery capacity above a threshold. The life time of the nodes using the DP based scheduling policy is found through simulation and compared with that obtained using the techniques reported in the literature. It is found that DP based policy increases the lifetime of the mobile nodes by a factor of 1.15 to 1.8. The life expectancy, the average power consumption and throughput of the network using PAMAC protocol are computed through simulation and compared with that of the other MAC layer protocols 802.11, MACA, and CSMA. Besides this, the life expectancy and average power consumption of the network for different values of threshold are also compared. From the simulation results, it is observed that PAMAC consumes the least power and provides the longest lifetime among the various MAC Layer protocols. Moreover, using PAMAC as the MAC layer protocol, the performance obtained using different routing layer protocols are studied. It is observed that AODV consumes the least power and provides the longest lifetime.

Authors

B. Malarkodi, B. Venkataramani
National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India

Keywords

MB-OFDM UWB, Asynchronous Pipelining, FPGA, Asynchronous OFDM, Stratix III

Published By
ICTACT
Published In
ICTACT Journal on Communication Technology
( Volume: 1 , Issue: 1 )
Date of Publication
March 2010
Pages
7 – 16

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