Evaluation of an energy-efficient broadcast protocol in mobile ad hoc networks

The Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) are communication networks formed on the fly by radio-equipped mobile nodes without relying on any fixed infrastructure. To increase the lifetime of such network, efficient use of energy is a critical issue, because significant energy is consumed by the redundant messages broadcasted on the communication area. To regulate redundant rebroadcasts, which can cause more collisions and requires more energy, recently there have been developed numerous broadcasting techniques. In this paper, we have evaluated and compared an adaptive information dissemination algorithm with other MANETs broadcasting protocols with respect to the energy efficiency.