An Advanced Save-Energy Mechanism of Ad hoc Networks

This article improves on the energy-consuming equation and nodes ´energy states in the old energy model of ad hoc networks, which concerned of the nodes´ energy consumption in listening and idle period, and enhances the comprehensive of solving energy problem in this area. In the communication range of a node, where include the nodes could reach the nodes´ signal, setting the highest energy-state node as an Agent will reduce the number of Agent in old save-energy model, and for improving the surviving time of the net, we added a new conception: edge-agent. The experiment indicates that the new energy-saving model cut down the idle nodes´ energy consumption, declines the probability for nodes becoming agent-nodes, and increase the whole net´s surviving time and the stability of communication because of using edge-agents.