A pseudo base station based algorithm for power aware routing in UWB ad hoc networks

Abstract

The battery life of mobile hosts is one of important performance indicators in ad hoc networks because networks rely on each host's battery power. In this paper, we propose a battery-life-aware routing in ultra-wideband (UWB) ad hoc networks. The proposed routing method saves significant power in broadcasting process by leveraging a fixed wired device's power. Simulation results reveal that the proposed scheme provides good performance by using a pseudo base station and saves the power of wireless hosts up to 50%