 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
n |
Mobile
Devices constrained by many things, one of them
|
|
|
being
battery
|
|
|
n |
Sending
and receiving messages is one of the more power-
|
|
expensive
operations
|
|
|
Ø |
Data
packets
|
|
|
Ø |
Control
packets of routing protocol
|
|
n |
Wireless
Interfaces also consumer substantial amount of
|
|
|
power
while idle, but putting them into the low-power
|
|
|
“sleep”
mode has to be done carefully
|
|
|
n |
Goal:
study power consumption of popular MANET
|
|
|
routing
protocols
|
|
|
Ø |
to
understand their energy behaviour, and
|
|
|
Ø |
to
draw lessons for the design of more efficient routing protocols
|
|