Energy Efficient Routing Algorithm for Wireless MANET

Mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET) have been widely used in many different areas, such as mobile sensor networks, smart vehicle systems, unmanned aerial vehicle relayed networks, etc. In all scenarios, routing is one of the key technical challenges. In order to improve the quality of communication and extend the lifetime of all battery-powered units, we propose a novel routing algorithm that incorporates the concerns about battery level, quality of service (QoS), motion of nodes, and routing overhead. In addition to the routing algorithm, we also design a connection maintenance method that monitors the quality of the route during communication and determines the time to find a new route. Via numerical results, it is proven that our design has a good balance among the requirements of stability, delay, overhead, and network lifetime.