Protocol designed with enhanced power saving features along with increased throughput for mobile adhoc network
International Journal of Development Research
Protocol designed with enhanced power saving features along with increased throughput for mobile adhoc network
Received 22nd September, 2018; Received in revised form 14th October, 2018; Accepted 04th November, 2018; Published online 26th December, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Rahul Mukherjee. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) is an autonomous system of mobile nodes connected by wireless links. The nodes are free to move about and organize themselves into a network. These nodes change position frequently. To accommodate the changing topology special routing algorithms are needed. The Media Access Control (MAC) data communication protocol sub-layer provides addressing and channel access control mechanisms that make it possible for network nodes to access common wireless channel through distributed coordination function (DCF).This work proposes a new power controlled MAC protocol based on IEEE 802.11. Network Simulator 2 (NS2) has been used for simulation. It saves considerable amount of power and achieves the performance matching with that of IEEE 802.11.
