Energy-Efficient Routing for Connection-Oriented Traffic in Wireless Ad-hoc Networks

Abstract

We address the problem of routing connection-oriented traffic in wireless ad-hoc networks with energy efficiency. We outline the trade-offs that arise by the flexibility of wireless nodes to transmit at different power levels and define a framework for formulating the problem of session routing from the perspective of energy expenditure. A set of heuristics are developed for determining end-to-end unicast paths with sufficient bandwidth and transceiver resources, in which nodes use local information in order to select their transmission power and bandwidth allocation. We propose a set of metrics that associate each link transmission with a cost and consider both the cases of plentiful and limited bandwidth resources, the latter jointly with a set of channel allocation algorithms. Performance is captured by call blocking probability and average consumed energy. A detailed simulation model has been developed and used to evaluate the algorithms for a variety of networks.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA441033

Entities

People

  • Anastassios Michail
  • Anthony Ephremides

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Channel Allocation
  • Communication Networks
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Frequency Allocation
  • Frequency Division Multiple Access
  • Load Monitoring
  • Mesh Networks
  • Multiple Access
  • Network Topology
  • Networks
  • Power Levels
  • Sensor Networks
  • Transmitters
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking