Energy Aware and Adaptive Cross Layer Routing Protocol (EACLRP) for MANETs

Abstract

MANET stands for Mobile Ad-hoc networks which are temporary networks formed without a fixed central base station such as an access point. It establishes instantaneous communication infrastructures for civilian and military applications. However due to mobility of the nodes in these types of network, there occurs frequent link breaks and quick exhaustion of battery power. This calls for additional route reconstruction and thus an increase in routing overhead. Also interference from other mobile hosts leads to reduced performance of network. This paper presents a novel scheme, Energy aware and Adaptive Cross Layer Routing Protocol, EACLRP which is aimed at prolonging the network lifetime and to efficiently route the packets across the network. It makes use of cross layering approach to improve network parameters such as throughput, packet delivery ratio and end-to-end delay of the network. The protocol is simulated using Network Simulator-2.