A Comprehensive study of a New Multipath Energy Aware Routing Protocol for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks

TL;DR

This paper introduces MEA-DSR, a multipath energy-aware routing protocol for MANETs that enhances network lifetime by load distribution, demonstrated through simulations showing improved performance over DSR in challenging scenarios.

Contribution

The paper proposes a novel multipath energy-aware routing protocol, MEA-DSR, that effectively extends network lifetime in MANETs by implementing load distribution strategies.

Findings

MEA-DSR outperforms DSR in network lifetime.

Simulation results show improved energy efficiency.

Protocol is effective in difficult scenarios.

Abstract

Maximizing network lifetime is a very challenging issue in routing protocol design for Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANETs), since mobile nodes are powered by limited-capacity batteries. Furthermore, replacing or recharging batteries is often impossible in critical environments (e.g. battlefields, disaster areas, etc.) The proposed MEA-DSR (Multipath Energy-Aware on Demand Source Routing) protocol uses a load distribution policy in order to maximize network lifetime. The simulation results have shown the efficiency of the proposed protocol in comparison to DSR routing protocol in many difficult scenarios