Motivation
, Wireless nodes are severely energy-constrained
Typically operated using a battery of finite capacity
Limited to no opportunity for energy scavenging
, Nodes in multihop wireless networks cooperate by routing packets
Lots of research interest/proposed protocols, some standards approved by IETF
(AODV, DSR, TBRPF, OLSR)
Routing metrics: shortest hop (best effort), QoS routing (max throughput, min
delay), load balanced routing, energy-efficient routing
, Sources of energy consumption
Radio consumes bulk of energy (more than say CPU or disk)
Radio: Transmit > Receive > Idle >> Sleep