Increasing Network Lifetime by Energy-Efficient Routing Scheme For OLSR Protocol
Increasing Network Lifetime by Energy-Efficient Routing Scheme For OLSR Protocol
Increasing Network Lifetime by Energy-Efficient Routing Scheme For OLSR Protocol
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Abstract
One of the main considerations in designing routing protocols for Mobile Ad-Hoc Network
(MANET) is to increase network lifetime by minimizing nodes energy consumption, since
nodes are typically battery powered. Many proposals have been addressed to this problem;
however, few papers consider a proactive protocol like Optimized Link State Routing
Protocol (OLSR) to better manage the energy consumption. Some of them have explored
modifications to the MPRs selection mechanism, whereas others have investigated multiple
cross layer parameters to increase the network lifetime. In this paper, we explored both
modification to MPR selection and integrating appropriate routing metrics in the routing
decision scheme to lessen effects of reason that lead to more energy consumption.
Introduction
MANET is a self-configured, infrastructure-less, network of mobile devices connected by
wireless links, MANET can also be defined as, a collection of mobile wireless nodes that
intercommunicate on share wireless channels. Individual devices in a mobile ad hoc network
are free to move in any direction and frequently devices links changes occur. Since MANETs
are highly suitable for applications involving special outdoor events, communications in
regions with no wireless infrastructure, emergencies and natural disasters, and military
operations. Routing is one of the key issues in MANETs due to their highly dynamic and
distributed nature, in recent years, many routing protocols have been proposed for MANETs.
These protocols can be classified into three different groups: proactive, reactive and hybrid.
In proactive routing protocols such as DSDV and OLSR, the routes to all the destination (or
parts of the network) are determined at the start up, and maintained by using a periodic route
update process. In reactive protocols such as AODV, DSR, routes are determined when they
are required by the source using a route discovery process. Hybrid routing protocols
combines the basic properties of the first two classes of protocols into one.
Existing System
In existing system energy efficient routing may be the most important design criteria for
MANETs, since mobile nodes will be powered by batteries with limited capacity. Power
failure of a mobile node not only affects the node itself but also its ability to forward packets
on behalf of others and thus the overall network lifetime. For this reason, many research
efforts have been devoted to developing energy aware routing protocols to increase network
lifetime. Most existing energy-aware MANET routing schemes are reactive.
Proposed System
In proposed system the energy aware routing with a proactive routing protocol is proposed.
While proactive routing is known to be inefficient to scale to large-size mobile network, it
has the advantage of handling heavier traffic without extra routing control overhead, which
could be significant in reactive routing. And also exploring modifications to OLSR protocol;
we evaluate the impact of these modifications on the network performance under a wide
range of scenarios. Unlike previous work, we are interested in whether changing both MPR
selection and investigating cross layer parameters that effect the network lifetime.
Literature Survey
Jubin J, Tornow J. [1] In this paper we describe the current state of the DARPA packet radio
network. Fully automated algorithms and protocols to organize, control, maintain, and move
traffic through the packet radio network have been designed, implemented, and tested. By
means of protocols, networks of about 50 packet radios with some degree of nodal mobility
can be organized and maintained under a fully distributed mode of control. We have
described the algorithms and illustrated how the PRNET provides highly reliable network
transport and datagram service, by dynamically determining optimal routes, effectively
controlling congestion, and fairly allocating the channel in the face of changing link
conditions, mobility, and varying traffic loads.
N. Ghanem et al., [2] This paper presents two novel mechanisms for the OLSR routing
protocol, aiming to improve its energy performance in Mobile ah-hoc Networks. Routing
protocols over MANET are an important issue and many proposals have been addressed to
efficiently manage topology information, to offer network scalability and to prolong network
lifetime. However, few papers consider a proactive protocol (like OLSR) to better manage the
energy consumption. OLSR presents the advantage of finding a route between two nodes in
the network in a very short time, thanks to its proactive scheme, but it can expend a lot of
resources selecting the MultiPoint Relays (MPRs) and exchanging Topology Control
information. We propose a modification in the MPR selection mechanism of OLSR protocol,
based on the Willingness concept, in order to prolong the network lifetime without losses of
performance (in terms of throughput, end-to-end delay or overhead). Additionally, we prove
that the exclusion of the energy consumption due to the overhearing can extend the lifetime
of the nodes without compromising the OLSR functioning at all. A comparison of an Energy-
Efficient OLSR (EE-OLSR) and the classical OLSR protocol is performed, testing some
different well-known energy aware metrics such as MTPR, CMMBCR and MDR. We notice
how EE-OLSR outperforms classical OLSR, and MDR confirms to be the most performing
metric to save battery energy in a dense mobile network with high traffic loads.
Software Requirements
Software requirements for the implementation and testing of this project are mentioned as
below.
Operating System : UBUNTU 14.0
Tool: NS-3.25
Language : C++ and Python