Title: Energy-aware and stable cluster-based multipath routing protocol for wireless ad hoc networks

Authors: Omar Smail; Bernard Cousin; Imene Snoussaoui

Addresses: Computer Science Department, Faculty of Exact Sciences, University Mustapha Stambouli, Mascara, Algeria ' IRISA, University of Rennes 1, France ' Computer Science Department, Faculty of Exact Sciences, University Mustapha Stambouli, Mascara, Algeria

Abstract: Ad hoc networks are wireless networks that can operate without infrastructure and without centralised network management; they may contain nodes with limited battery power. Hence, energy conservation is a critical requirement in the design of routing protocols for ad hoc networks. Clustering has been proposed as a promising method for simplifying the routing process in mobile ad hoc networks when network size increases. In this paper, we propose an energy-efficient multipath routing protocol, called energy aware and stable cluster-based multipath routing (ES-CMR protocol), which preserves the residual energy of nodes and increases the network lifetime. To achieve this goal, we use an objective model to select energy-efficient paths with stable links. The simulation results demonstrate that ES-CMR has better performance in terms of energy consumption, network lifetime and end-to-end delay.

Keywords: ad hoc network; wireless networks; clustering; multipath routing; energy efficiency; link stability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2017.085535

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2017 Vol.17 No.2/3, pp.229 - 251

Received: 20 Feb 2016
Accepted: 26 Aug 2016
Published online: 30 Jul 2017 *

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