A greener method for content sharing in mobile ad hoc networks

Abstract

A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is characterized by its dynamic and decentralized topology, which allows exchanging information between mobile nodes without any pre-existing telecommunications infrastructure. However, mobile devices have constrained resources like memory, energy, bandwidth, etc., that must be optimally used in situations where a MANET is needed. For that reason, we propose a greener method for content sharing in MANETs that reduces energy consumption of nodes. We evaluate our method through simulations using J-Sim environment. Simulation results show that our method uses more efficiently the node resources than a centralized content sharing technique.