PL-AOMDV: An Enhanced Energy Efficient Multipath Routing for MANETs

Abstract

Multipath routing protocols are more prominent in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs), as they beat certain impediments of single-path routing. Contrasted with single-path routing methodologies they have numerous points of interest in term of lower end-to-end delay, higher throughput, higher energy efficiency and network lifetime. Energy efficiency is essential prerequisites in numerous applications as nodes in MANETs are battery worked. In this paper, Power and Load Aware Ad-hoc On-demand Multipath Distance Vector Routing (PL-AOMDV) is presented. PL-AOMDV is a multipath routing protocol which chooses ways between source-destination pair in light of a consolidated cost function. The cost function is registered by considering remaining battery strength of a node and its present traffic. This article assesses the execution of PL-AOMDV by contrasting it with existing protocol AOMDV. Simulation results recommend that the proposed protocol has lower energy consumption, higher packet delivery ratio and throughput.