Reliable Energy-Efficient Routing Algorithm for Vehicle-Assisted Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks

We investigate the design of the optimal routing path in a moving vehicles involved the Internet of Things (IoT). In our model, jammers are present to interfere with the information exchange between wireless nodes, leading to a worsened quality of service (QoS) in communications. In addition, the transmit power of each battery-equipped node is constrained to save energy. We propose a three-step optimal routing path algorithm for reliable and energy-efficient communications. Moreover, results show that with the assistance of moving vehicles, the total energy consumed can be reduced to a large extend. We also study the impact on the optimal routing path design and energy consumption which is caused by the path loss, maximum transmit power constrain, QoS requirement, etc.