Since most ad hoc mobile devices today operate on batteries, energy-aware routings and power control techniques in
wireless networks have drawn considerable research interests recently. This paper presents a reliable energy-aware
routing algorithm (REARP) for unreliable ad hoc networks. The lifetime of the whole network and the energy cost for
each packet are considered simultaneously in the routing processes of the REARP. Different from the formers, the
energy cost of the link layer retransmission is also computed into the total energy consumption. Moreover, the REARP
appropriately adjusts the transmission power by systematically integrating the reliability and power control techniques.
We conducted extensive simulations to evaluate the performance of the new routing algorithms compared to a number of
existing routing algorithms.
The energy-constrained nature of wireless ad hoc networks calls for the protocols that use the energy efficiency as its
primary design goal. In order to evaluate and compare the energy-aware protocols in terms of their energy efficiency, an
energy-consumption model which can accurately compute the energy consumed by the data communication activities is
crucial. In this paper, we firstly give a comprehensive summary of the existing energy-consumption models. All energyconsumption
models are categorized into three types, and the characteristics of each type are discussed in detail.
Secondly, we propose a new efficient energy-consumption model which is a collection of functions of the packet size
and the RF (Radio Frequency) power level. The main contribution of our model is that all nodes in the model can change
their RF power-rate and radio states (e.g. transmitting, receiving, idle and sleep) according to the communication
requirement, and their energy cost can be calculated correctly. Finally, by comparing DSDV against dPAMEEL, we
show that our energy model can effectively calculate the energy consumption for different energy-aware protocols.
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