Design of a routing protocol using remaining energy and link quality indicator (REL)

Abstract

This paper sets out an extension of an AODV routing protocol, called Routing by Energy and Link quality indicator (REL). The proposed protocol adopts a new cross-layer approach as a mechanism to select the best routes. The paths are selected on the basis of remaining energy, a proposed link quality estimator (WeakLink), and hop count. Thus, REL provides reliability, energy-efficiency, and a fair distribution of network resources.