A Power-Aware Routing Protocol with Signal Strength Variation in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

In this paper, we proposed bandwidth based power-aware routing protocol with signal strength detection instead of using GPS. In our proposed routing protocol, we used the variation of received signal strength to predict transmission bandwidth and lifetime of a link. Accordingly, the possible data transmission amount and remaining power after data transmission can be predicted. With the prediction of transmission data amount and remaining power after data transmission, we can design a bandwidth-based power-aware routing protocol to have power efficiency and prolong the network lifetime.