I-Min: An Intelligent Fermat Point Based Energy Efficient Geographic Packet Forwarding Technique for Wireless Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks

TL;DR

This paper introduces I-Min, a geographic routing protocol for wireless sensor and ad hoc networks that reduces both energy consumption and delay in packet delivery by utilizing Fermat point-based forwarding.

Contribution

It proposes a novel Fermat point-based forwarding technique that improves energy efficiency and reduces delay in geographic routing protocols for WASN.

Findings

Reduces energy consumption in packet forwarding.

Lowers delay in data transmission.

Enhances overall routing efficiency.

Abstract

Energy consumption and delay incurred in packet delivery are the two important metrics for measuring the performance of geographic routing protocols for Wireless Adhoc and Sensor Networks (WASN). A protocol capable of ensuring both lesser energy consumption and experiencing lesser delay in packet delivery is thus suitable for networks which are delay sensitive and energy hungry at the same time. Thus a smart packet forwarding technique addressing both the issues is thus the one looked for by any geographic routing protocol. In the present paper we have proposed a Fermat point based forwarding technique which reduces the delay experienced during packet delivery as well as the energy consumed for transmission and reception of data packets.