Title: Performance evaluation of energy aware QoS-enabled routing protocol for wireless mesh networks

Authors: Y. Mallikarjuna Rao; M.V. Subramanyam; K. Satya Prasad

Addresses: Santhiram Engineering College, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, India ' Santhiram Engineering College, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, India ' Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract: This paper proposes an energy aware routing protocol for wireless mesh network (WMNs). In such applications the mesh nodes may not expect the fixed power supply connections for their normal operation. Hence, mesh nodes may rely on ambient energy. In such untenable cases, we require energy aware routing protocols to prevent deterioration of the network performance due to power outages of the nodes. This paper proposes an energy aware QoS-enabled routing (EAQER) protocol based on the node weight and path preference probability. The EAQER is analysed and shown superior performance compared to baseline routing protocols in terms of route request messages, route reply messages, average throughput, end to end delay, jitter, and packet delivery ratio.

Keywords: node weight; path preference probability; quality of service; routing; wireless mesh networks; WMNs.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSGGC.2022.127997

International Journal of Smart Grid and Green Communications, 2022 Vol.2 No.2, pp.103 - 114

Received: 29 Jun 2018
Accepted: 12 Mar 2019

Published online: 04 Jan 2023 *

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