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Reducing the transmission and reception powers in the AODV
The transmission power and the reception power are the main source of energy consumption in wireless sensor nodes. Therefore, reducing the amount of consumed power through the transmission and reception processes in the routing protocol will lead to an increase in the lifetime of the wireless sensor network and distribute the consumed power among the wireless sensor nodes. This paper proposes a mechanism to reduce the transmission and reception power for the frequently used nodes. This proposed techniques and a hybrid technique with the power consumption distribution technique in have been compared to the original Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) routing protocol. Simulation results based on NS-2 showed that the hybrid technique and the proposed mechanism have better performance than the original AODV routing protocol. The new mechanism and the hybrid technique have increased the lifetime of the wireless sensor network by around 40%, and 70% respectively
Energy-aware routing protocols in wireless sensor networks
Saving energy and increasing network lifetime are significant challenges in
the field of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Energy-aware routing protocols
have been introduced for WSNs to overcome limitations of WSN including limited
power resources and difficulties renewing or recharging sensor nodes batteries.
Furthermore, the potentially inhospitable environments of sensor locations, in some
applications, such as the bottom of the ocean, or inside tornados also have to be
considered. ZigBee is one of the latest communication standards designed for
WSNs based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. The ZigBee standard supports two
routing protocols, the Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV), and the
cluster-tree routing protocols. These protocols are implemented to establish the
network, form clusters, and transfer data between the nodes. The AODV and the
cluster-tree routing protocols are two of the most efficient routing protocols in terms
of reducing the control message overhead, reducing the bandwidth usage in the
network, and reducing the power consumption of wireless sensor nodes compared to
other routing protocols. However, neither of these protocols considers the energy
level or the energy consumption rate of the wireless sensor nodes during the
establishment or routing processes. (Continues...)