Lifetime enhancement routing algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks

In this study, the author investigates the problem of lifetime enhancement of mobile nodes in mobile ad hoc networks. Here, the author uses two metrics namely, residual battery capacity of the node and non-critical node to route the data packets from the source to the destination. The proposed model uses the non-critical node if all the nodes contain residual battery capacity above the threshold value. The proposed model has been simulated using Qualnet Simulator-4.5. The proposed model has compared against the existing algorithms such as minimum total transmission power routing, conditional max-min battery capacity routing and lifetime prediction routing. From the results, the author concludes that the proposed model has reached at the top position in terms of the number of survived nodes, energy saving and number of nodes with zero remaining energy.