Energy Efficient Routing Mechanism with MAC Protocol consideration in Ad Hoc Network

We propose a routing protocol that will prolong the lifetime of mobile nodes, and consequently, prolong the network lifetime. Our protocol proposes a route discovery technique based on energy consumed in medium access control (MAC) which include data and control packet transmission. The MAC modeling considered here includes all operation modes of networked devices such as transmission, reception and idle states. Moreover, we considered the energy consumed in overhearing state and energy consumed in retransmission due to collision in our protocol. The total energy consumption shall be lowered as less energy is depleted due to less-frequent packet collision. The performance of our algorithm is evaluated through the realistic energy consumption model and environment. The result show that this proposed research work shall develop a routing protocol that shall be applicable in practice. It would also enable efficient energy consumption in ad hoc network which prolongs the lifetime of the network connectivity and maintains high performance of such ad hoc networking environment.