Reducing the Energy Consumption of Group Driven Ad-hoc Wireless Communication

Sharad Agarwal, Randy H. Katz and Anthony D. Joseph

EECS Department
University of California, Berkeley
Technical Report No. UCB/CSD-01-1127
January 2001

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2001/CSD-01-1127.pdf

Mobile ad-hoc networking involves peer-to-peer communication in a network with a dynamically changing topology. Energy efficient communication in such a network is more challenging than in cellular networks since there is no centralized arbiter such as a base station that can administer power management. In this report, we examine energy efficient networking protocols for ad-hoc networks. We propose MAC (media access control) and routing protocols that significantly impact the energy conservation and throughput of ad-hoc networks. We introduce a comprehensive simulation infrastructure consisting of group mobility, group communication and terrain blockage models. We employ these models to evaluate a power control loop, similar to those commonly found in cellular CDMA networks, for ad-hoc wireless networks. We show that this power control loop reduces energy consumption per transmitted byte by 10 - 20%. Furthermore, we show that it increases overall throughput by 15%. It performs significantly better in the new proposed simulation models than in simulations with random node mobility and communication models. We also discuss sleep cycle and low energy routing mechanisms.


BibTeX citation:

@techreport{Agarwal:CSD-01-1127,
    Author = {Agarwal, Sharad and Katz, Randy H. and Joseph, Anthony D.},
    Title = {Reducing the Energy Consumption of Group Driven Ad-hoc Wireless Communication},
    Institution = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
    Year = {2001},
    Month = {Jan},
    URL = {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2001/5418.html},
    Number = {UCB/CSD-01-1127},
    Abstract = {Mobile ad-hoc networking involves peer-to-peer communication in a network with a dynamically changing topology. Energy efficient communication in such a network is more challenging than in cellular networks since there is no centralized arbiter such as a base station that can administer power management. In this report, we examine energy efficient networking protocols for ad-hoc networks. We propose MAC (media access control) and routing protocols that significantly impact the energy conservation and throughput of ad-hoc networks. We introduce a comprehensive simulation infrastructure consisting of group mobility, group communication and terrain blockage models. We employ these models to evaluate a power control loop, similar to those commonly found in cellular CDMA networks, for ad-hoc wireless networks. We show that this power control loop reduces energy consumption per transmitted byte by 10 - 20%. Furthermore, we show that it increases overall throughput by 15%. It performs significantly better in the new proposed simulation models than in simulations with random node mobility and communication models. We also discuss sleep cycle and low energy routing mechanisms.}
}

EndNote citation:

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%A Agarwal, Sharad
%A Katz, Randy H.
%A Joseph, Anthony D.
%T Reducing the Energy Consumption of Group Driven Ad-hoc Wireless Communication
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 2001
%@ UCB/CSD-01-1127
%U http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2001/5418.html
%F Agarwal:CSD-01-1127