5th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

A routing algorithm based on Cross-layer Power Control in wireless ad hoc networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/chinacom.2010.30,
        author={Haojun Huang and Guangmin Hu and Fucai Yu},
        title={A routing algorithm based on Cross-layer Power Control in wireless ad hoc networks},
        proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2011},
        month={1},
        keywords={Computational modeling IEEE 802.11 Standards Protocols Relays},
        doi={10.4108/chinacom.2010.30}
    }
    
  • Haojun Huang
    Guangmin Hu
    Fucai Yu
    Year: 2011
    A routing algorithm based on Cross-layer Power Control in wireless ad hoc networks
    CHINACOM
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/chinacom.2010.30
Haojun Huang1,*, Guangmin Hu1,*, Fucai Yu1,*
  • 1: Key Laboratory of Broadband Optical Fiber Transmission and Communication Networks UESTC of China, Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China, 611731
*Contact email: hhj0704@uestc.edu.cn, hgm@uestc.edu.cn, fcyu@uestc.edu.cn

Abstract

Applying power control into routing protocols in wireless ad hoc networks has become a hot research issue, because rational use of power control in routing protocols can not only reduce network energy consumption but also improve network throughput, packet delivery ratio and other performance of ad hoc networks. In this paper, we propose an on-demand routing algorithm based on cross-layer power control termed as CPC-AODV (Cross-layer Power Control Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector). This algorithm builds different routing entries according to the node power levels on demand, and selects the minimum power level routing for data delivery. In addition, CPC-AODV uses different power control policies to transmit data packets, as well as control packets of network layer and MAC layer. Simulation results show that our algorithm can not only reduce the average communication energy consumption, thus prolong the network lifetime, but also improve average end-to-end delay and packet delivery ratio.