On optimising route discovery for multi-interface and power-aware nodes in heterogeneous MANETs

Authors

Huda AlAamri, University of WollongongFollow
Mehran Abolhasan, University of Technology SydneyFollow
Tadeusz A. Wysocki, University NebraskaFollow
Justin Lipman, Intel Corporation ChinaFollow

RIS ID

36014

Publication Details

AlAamri, H., Abolhasan, M., Wysocki, T. A. & Lipman, J. (2010). On optimising route discovery for multi-interface and power-aware nodes in heterogeneous MANETs. 6th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications, ICWMC 2010 (pp. 244-249). IEEE.

Abstract

This paper presents a new routing discovery strategy for heterogeneous MANETs. Node heterogeneity is modeled in terms of: types and number of different interfaces, power, and transmission ranges. Our proposed route discovery algorithm is implemented on the top of On-demand Tree-based Routing Protocol (OTRP) and hence it is called OTRP Heterogeneity-Aware (OTRP HA). OTRP HA utilizes node heterogeneity and optimizes route discovery to reduce overheads and ensures connectivities between different types of nodes with different interfaces. Each node makes its own decision to participate in the route discovery process according to its location, local density, and available resources. Simulation results show that OTRP HA outperforms OTRP and AODV and it reduces overheads as a number of nodes and traffic increase, while it also further prolongs the lifetime of batterypowered single-interface nodes when compared to AODV.