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A Local-Control Algorithm to Prolong the Lifetime of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

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Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN 2006)

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Energy efficiency is a major design issue in wireless ad hoc networks since nodes are battery constrained. In such a network each node has to support, in addition to the application workload, the one resulting from the lack of any infrastructure or centralized administration in the network. In particular far-off communications between nodes are done using a multi-hop route via other nodes. Thus they may decide to relay or not packets, but using an inappropriate routing approach can sunk the performances. In this paper we propose a distributed local-control algorithm that guarantees a fair workload distribution across the network. This approach ensures that each node will contribute proportionally to its available energy. Furthermore, the algorithm is able to deal with dynamic networks like mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). We study the relevance of our approach to prolong the lifetime in dynamic heterogeneous networks through simulations using OMNeT++.

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Bahi, J.M., Mostefaoui, A., Salomon, M. (2006). A Local-Control Algorithm to Prolong the Lifetime of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks. In: Cao, J., Stojmenovic, I., Jia, X., Das, S.K. (eds) Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks. MSN 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4325. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11943952_47

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