ENHANCEMENT OF OPTIMIZED LINKED STATE ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION

D.C. Wyld, et al. (Eds): CCSEA 2011, CS & IT 02, pp. 305–319, 2011.
© CS & IT-CSCP 2011 DOI: 10.5121/csit.2011.1228
ENHANCEMENT OF OPTIMIZED LINKED STATE
ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION
Mayur Tokekar1
and Radhika D. Joshi2
1
Department of Electronics and Tele-communication, College of Engineering, Pune,
India
mayurtokekar@gmail.com
2
Department of Electronics and Tele-communication, College of Engineering, Pune,
India
rdj.extc@coep.ac.in
ABSTRACT
Mobile Ad-hoc network (MANET) is infrastructure less network in which nodes are mobile, self
reconfigurable, battery powered. As nodes in MANET are battery powered, energy saving is an
important issue. We are using routing protocol to save energy so as to extend network lifetime.
We have extended original Optimized Linked State Routing (OLSR) protocol by using two
algorithms and named it as Enhancement in OLSR using Residual Energy approach (EOLSR-
RE) and Enhancement in OLSR using Energy Consumption approach (EOLSR-EC). To analyze
relative performance of modified protocol EOLSR-RE and EOLSR-EC over OLSR, we
performed various trials using Qualnet simulator. The performance of these routing protocols is
analyzed in terms of energy consumption, control overheads, end to end delay, packet delivery
ratio. The modified OLSR protocol improves energy efficiency of network by reducing 20 %
energy consumption and 50% control overheads.
KEYWORDS
MANET, OLSR, EOLSR-RE, EOLSR-EC, QoS parameters.
1. INTRODUCTION
Ad-hoc network is one of the emerging trends in wireless communication. In conventional
wireless communication there is need of base station for communication between two nodes.
These base station leads to more infrastructure and more cost. An ad hoc network facilitates
communication between nodes without the existence of an established infrastructure. Nodes are
connected randomly using ad-hoc networking and routing among the nodes is done by forwarding
packets from one to another which is decided dynamically. In general, MANET’s are formed
dynamically by an autonomous system of mobile nodes that are connected via wireless links
without using any centralized administration [1]. Mobile nodes that are within each other’s radio
range communicate directly via wireless links, while those that are far apart rely on other nodes to
relay messages as routers. Node mobility in an ad hoc network causes frequent changes of the
network topology. The scopes of the ad-hoc network are also associated with dynamic topology
changes, bandwidth-constrained, energy constrained operation, limited physical security,
mobility-induced packet losses, limited wireless transmission range, broadcast nature of the
wireless medium, hidden terminal problem, packet losses due to transmission errors [2].
In Energy constrained operations, it is important to save energy which results in improvement in
network lifetime. For example, in battle fields soldiers are unable to charge node batteries so there

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is need for them to save battery power in such a way that communication can be possible for
longer time. To improve network lifetime there are different methodologies used at different
layers of OSI model. Network layer is used for routing of packets from source to destination.
There are number of routing protocols defined in MANET, for example DSDV, AODV, DSR,
OLSR, ZRP etc. The main objective is to design routing protocol in such a way that it works
effectively in energy constrained applications. The main focus is on OLSR routing protocol
modification in network layer.
The paper is organized as follows. Section II explains different types of routing protocols. Section
III discusses the basics of OLSR protocol and study of related energy aware techniques. Section
IV discusses the proposed modification in OLSR. Section V represents the simulation details and
QoS parameters. Section VI discusses results obtained by Qualnet simulator. Finally section VII
concludes the paper with future work in section VIII.
2. CLASSIFICATION OF ROUTING PROTOCOL
In MANET, each node between source and destination acts as routers. The routing of data packets
from source to destination are controlled by different routing protocols. Different routing
protocols are classified as shown in Figure;
Figure 1.Classification of Routing Protocols
2.1. Proactive routing protocols
In proactive routing, each node has one or more tables that contain the latest information of the
routes to any node in the network. Each node maintain routing tables and respond to the changes
in the network topology by propagating updates throughout the network in order to maintain a
consistent view of the network. Many proactive routing protocols have been proposed, for e.g.
Destination Sequence Distance Vector (DSDV), Optimized Linked State Routing (OLSR) and so
on.
2.2. Reactive protocols
Unlike proactive routing protocols, the reactive routing protocols create routes once a node wants
to transmit data to a destination. The source node initiates route discovery process by flooding
route query within the network. When the destination is reached, route reply request will be sent

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back to the source. Once the route has been found, it is maintained until either destination
becomes inaccessible or the route is no longer desired then route discovery process will be
invoked again. Several reactive protocols have been proposed such as Dynamic Source Routing
protocol (DSR), Ad hoc On-demand Distance Vector (AODV), Temporary Ordered Routing
Algorithm (TORA), and so on.
2.3. Hybrid routing protocols
In such network, hybrid routing protocols, i.e. combining proactive and reactive routing
protocols, are used in order to take advantages on these two routing protocols where proactive
maintains route in a cluster and reactive maintains route between clusters. Several hybrids routing
protocols have been proposed such as Zone Routing Protocol (ZRP), Zone-based Hierarchical
Link State (ZHLS) and so on, but the most popular protocol is ZRP.
3. OLSR OVERVIEW AND RELATED WORK
OLSR [3] is proactive in nature, having routes immediately available in each node for all
destinations in the network. OLSR is an optimization of pure link state routing protocol like Open
Shortest Path First (OSPF) [4]. This optimization is related to concept of multipoint relay (MPR).
A multipoint relay reduces the size of control messages. The use of MPRs also minimizes
flooding of control traffic. Multipoint relays forward control messages, providing advantage of
reduction in number of retransmissions of broadcast control messages. OLSR contains two types
of control messages: neighborhood and topology messages, known as Hello messages and
Topology Control (TC) messages. OLSR provides two main functionalities: Neighbor Discovery
and Topology Dissemination. With the help of these two functionalities, each node computes
routes to all known destinations.
Figure 2.Selection of MPR and Broadcasting TC packets
3.1. Selection of Multipoint Relay (MPR) using HELLO messages
Each node periodically broadcasts Hello messages, containing list of neighbors known to node
and link status. The link status can be either symmetric or asymmetric, multipoint relay, or lost
link. The Hello messages are received by all one-hop neighbors and not forwarded. Hello
messages discover one-hop neighbors as well as its two-hop neighbors. Hello messages are
broadcast at regular interval (Hello_interval). The neighborhood and two hop neighborhood
information has holding time (Neighbor_hold_time), after which it is not valid. With the help of
this information node selects its own set of MPRs among one-hop neighbors. Multipoint relays
computed whenever there is change in one-hop neighborhood and two-hop neighborhood. MPR is
one-hop neighbors with symmetric link, such that all two-hop neighbors has symmetric link with

multipoint relays. Figure 2 shows selection of MPR node using HELLO packets. Node is selected
as MPR node when it has willingness high i.e. W_HIGH or default i.e. W_DEFAULT otherwise
rejected.
3.2. Significance of TC messages
Each node of the network maintains topological information about the network obtained with help
of TC messages. Each node selected as MPR, broadcasts TC message at regular interval
(TC_interval). The TC message originated from node which declares MPR selectors of that node.
If change occurs in MPR selector set, then TC message can be sent earlier than pre-specified
interval. The TC messages are sent to all nodes in the network by taking advantage of MPR nodes
to avoid number of retransmissions. Thus, a node is reachable directly or via its MPRs. The
topological information collected in each node has holding time (Top_hold_time), after which
information is not valid. Figure 2 shows broadcasting of TC message with the help of MPR
nodes.
3.3. Route Calculation
The neighbor information and the topology information are refreshed periodically, and they
enable each node to compute the routes to all known destinations. These routes are computed
with Dijkstra’s shortest path algorithm [5]. Hence, they are optimal with respect to the number of
hops. Moreover, for any route, any intermediate node on this route is a MPR of the next node.
The routing table is computed whenever there is a change in neighborhood or topology
information.
3.4. HELLO and TC packet format
Reserved Htime Willingness
Link Code Reserved Link Message size
Neighbor Interface Address
Neighbor Interface Address
Figure 3.OLSR HELLO Packet Format Figure 4.OLSR TC Packet Format
Figure 3 shows HELLO packet format for OLSR. The Reserved portion in HELLO packets is
used for further modification. Htime specifies time before transmission of next HELLO packet.
Willingness entry specifies node willingness to forward traffic. Link Code gives the information
about link between sender node and neighbor node. It represents status of neighbor node.
Neighbor interface address denotes address of interface of neighbor node. Link Message size
gives total length of link messege.
Figure 4 represents TC packet format for OLSR. Advertised Neighbor Sequence Number (ANSN)
which increments sequence number whenever there is change in neighbor set. Reserved field is
used for further modification in TC packets. Advertised Neighbor Main Address field contains
main address of neighbor node.
3.5. Survey of Energy Efficient Routing Schemes
There are various ways to save energy from physical layer to application layer. In network layer
energy saving can be possible by selecting energy efficient path for sending data from source to
destination. The surveys of different energy saving techniques are discussed as below;
ANSN Reserved
Advertised Neighbor Main Address
Advertised Neighbor Main Address
..............

I. Stojmenovic and X. Lin [6] proposed localized power aware routing algorithms which are
devised on the assumption that each network node has accurate information about the location of
its neighbors and the destination node. Nodes exchange location information via control
messages.
Three algorithms are proposed in [6]:
• Power-efficient routing: Each node decides to forward packets that are intended for a
certain destination to a neighbor based on the minimum transmission power between this
sending node and its neighbors.
• Cost-efficient routing: The node chooses the neighbor to send to, if the destination is not
within reach, based on a cost function that can consist, for example, the sum of the cost of
sending node to this neighbor plus the estimated cost of the route from the neighbor up to
the destination. This latter part of the cost is assumed to be proportional to the number of
hops in between.
• Power-cost efficient routing algorithms: Uses a combination of the two above metrics, in
the form of either the product or the sum of these metrics.
C.K.Toh [7] explains MTPR (Minimum Total Transmission Power Routing) mechanism, where
route having minimum transmission power is selected. The information of total energy
consumption is provided along route using HELLO and TC packets in OLSR. Based on this
information route is selected for sending data to destination.
CMMBCR (Conditional Max Min Battery Capacity Routing) [18] mechanism considers both the
total transmission energy consumption of routes and the remaining power of nodes. When all
nodes in some possible routes have sufficient remaining battery capacity, i.e. above a threshold,
route with minimum total transmission power among the routes is chosen. Since less total power
is required to forward packets for each connection, the load for most of the nodes must be
reduced, and their by lifetime will be extended. But, if all routes have nodes with low battery
capacity i.e. below the defined threshold, a route including nodes with lowest battery capacity
must be avoided to extend the lifetime of these nodes.
Energy efficient technique for selection of MPR nodes is proposed by Saoucene Mahfoudh and
Pascale Minet [8] where node considers residual energy for selection of MPR. The node having
minimum residual energy is not selected as MPR. There are three policies are considered for
selection of MPR.
• E: considers only residual energy of node itself.
• M1E: considers weighted residual energy of node itself and 1-hop neighbors.
• M2E: M2E considers weighted residual energy of node, 1-hop and 2-hop neighbors.
Minimum Drain Rate (MDR) mechanism is proposed for selection of path having maximum
lifetime value in [9]. MDR mechanism calculates cost function which takes into account the
drain rate index and residual battery power. Maximum lifetime value of a given path is
determined by minimum cost value over the path. From the set routes, the route having highest
maximum lifetime is selected for transmission.
The J. H. Chang and L. Tassiulas [10] proposed two algorithms with the aim of extending the
network lifetime via optimizing the routing from an energy consumption perspective.
1. Flow augmentation (FA) algorithm: is based on creating a link cost function. This
function considers the following parameters: energy cost for unit flow over the link, the
initial energy and the remaining energy at the transmitting node. A good candidate for the

selected path should consume less energy and should avoid nodes with low remaining
energy.
2. Flow redirection (FR) algorithm: If we have multiple sources and destinations, then under
the optimal flow (i.e. minimum lifetime over all nodes is maximized) the minimum
lifetime of every path from the source to the destination is the same. The minimum
lifetime of this set of paths can be increased by redirecting an arbitrarily small amount of
flow to the paths whose lifetime is longer than these paths such that the minimum lifetime
of the latter path after the redirection is still longer than the system lifetime before the
redirection.
4. PROPOSED IDEA
In this section, the modification steps for OLSR protocol are discussed. The modified protocol is
named as EOLSR. The OLSR protocol is modified in two processes i.e. while selecting MPR
nodes and while calculating route for forwarding data.
4.1. MPR Selection
The existing OLSR consumes more energy in energy constrained applications which results in
less network lifetime. To improve network lifetime as well as energy efficiency OLSR is
modified by using two approaches as below;
1. By setting threshold for Residual Energy
2. By setting threshold for Energy Consumption
For MPR selection we have decided a threshold value, which is one third of initial energy for
both residual energy and energy consumption approach.
• If the residual energy of node is less than threshold value then node having LOW-MPR-
WILL while residual energy of node is greater than threshold value than node having
HIGH-MPR-WILL.
• If the energy consumed by node is less than threshold value then node having HIGH-
MPR-WILL while residual energy of node is greater than threshold value than node
having LOW-MPR-WILL.
4.2. New HELLO and TC packet format
Residual Energy Htime Willingness
Link
Code
Reserved Link message size
Neighbour Interface Address
Energy
Consumption
Htime Willingness
LinkCode Reserved Link message size
Figure 5.EOLSR-RE HELLO Packet Format Figure 6.EOLSR-EC HELLO Packet Format
ANSN Residual Energy
Advertised Neighbour Main Address
..............
ANSN Energy Consumption
..............
Figure 7.EOLSR-RE TC Packet Format Figure 8.EOLSR-EC TC Packet Forma

HELLO packets are used for selection of MPR nodes. For selection of MPR each node having,
• Highest residual energy
• Lowest energy consumption
There is need to update residual energy of each node at regular interval. For this purpose the
value of residual energy and energy consumed by node is included in HELLO packet as shown
in Figure 5 and Figure 6 respectively. The reserved part in OLSR HELLO packet format as
shown in Figure 3 is assigned to residual energy in EOLSR-RE and energy consumption in
EOLSR-EC. Each node sends HELLO packet with entry for current residual energy and
depending on threshold value set it selects MPR node.
The reserved part in TC packet as shown in Figure 4 is modified with entry for residual energy
and energy consumption of node as shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8 respectively. The TC
packets are forwarded to entire network with the help of MPR nodes. The TC packets are used
to disseminate topology information over entire network. The modified TC packet format
distributes residual energy of each node and energy consumed by each node over entire
network. After knowing topology information for each node in network the route calculation is
performed.
4.3. Flow Chart for Residual Energy and Energy Consumption Approach
Figure 9.Flow Chart for residual Energy and Energy Consumption Approach

5. SIMULATOR DETAILS AND QOS PARAMETERS
QualNet Simulator [11] is a set of tools for modelling large wired and wireless networks.
QualNet (formerly GloMoSim) is a commercial program for wired and wireless network
simulations by Scalable Network Technologies.
It consists of three layers:
• The simulation kernel (a discrete event scheduler) as basic layer.
• The model libraries as second layer.
• The top layer is defined by the QualNet Developer GUI.
It has different tools such as the Scenario Designer, Animator, or Analyzer. QualNet provides
comprehensive graphical environment allows one to create and visualize network scenarios, and
to analyze the simulation results in one single GUI. The simulation run is visualized in the tool
‘Animator’. During the simulation run, several outputs can be activated or deactivated in
Animator such as broadcast messages, successfully received packets (packet flow), dropped
packets. Output of the simulation runs are different output files containing different information.
The primary output file (.stat) contains statistical information. Depending on the simulation and
configuration, other files can be created.
5.1. Simulation Models
A simulation model consists of Energy Model, Battery Model, Traffic Model and Mobility
Model. The specifications for these models used in our experimentation are discussed as below;
5.1.1. Energy Model
The User-defined energy model [12] is a configurable model that allows the user to specify the
energy consumption parameters of the radio in different power modes. The total power required
for transmission, reception, idle (node is listening the medium) and sleep (node is not capable to
detect signals so communication is not possible) modes is given in Table.
Table 1. Power requirement for different modes
Power requirement for different modes (Supply
voltage 3V)
Power Values
Transmission Power 0.84 Watts
Reception Power 0.612 Watts
Idle Power 0.534 Watts
Sleep Power 0.042 Watts
5.1.2. Battery Model: Linear Model
Nodes in the mobile ad-hoc network are battery operated. Hence, battery models are useful tools
for such types of system design approach; because they enable analysis of the discharge
behaviour of the battery under different design choices for example power management
policies. We used Linear Battery Model for the experimentation.
5.1.3. Traffic Model
Constant Bit Rate (CBR) sources represent voice sources and ftp sources are the ones used for
file transfer applications. We focus on Constant Bit Rate (CBR).The packet size is limited to
512 bytes. The source-destination pairs are chosen randomly over the network. The source-
destination numbers are fixed (called connection number).

5.1.4. Mobility Model
We used random way point mobility model where nodes in network moves randomly in any
direction with given speed.
5.2. Quality of Service (QoS) Parameters
5.2.1. Average End to End Delay
It is the average source-to-destination data packet delay including propagation and queuing
delay [13]. For a highly interactive application such as IP phone, end-to-end delays smaller than
150 ms are not perceived by human listeners. Lesser end-to-end delay implies better
performance.
5.2.2. Packet Delivery Fraction (PDF)
Ratio of number of packets successfully received by destination nodes to number of packets
sent by source nodes.PDF describes information about packet loss rate [14]. Higher value of
PDR for network indicates the better reliability of protocol.
5.2.3. Energy Consumed
Total energy consumed required to transmit all data packets to destination node. To achieve
better energy efficiency, energy consumed should be as low as possible [15]. The less energy
consumption by nodes extends the network lifetime i.e. nodes in the network can communicate
for longer period.
5.2.4. Control Overheads
The total number of routing packets transmitted for each delivered data packet [16]. Lesser
control overheads indicate that saving of energy in the network. Larger overheads utilise large
bandwidth which cause congestion in the network. Hence, control overheads should be less.
6. SIMULATION RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
6.1. Impact of Variation of Node Density and Node Speed
To analyze performance of EOLSR-RE and EOLSR-EC over OLSR, the numbers of nodes as
well as node speed are varied and compared with the help of QoS parameter discussed in section
5. Numbers of nodes are varied from 20 to 100 for fixed area to analyse performance of sparse
and dense network. Speed is varied to study the impact mobility of node on network. Number of
connections for simulations should be half as that of nodes present.
Table 2.Simulation Table
Parameters Variation of
Number of Nodes
Variation of Node
speed
Variation of
Number of
Connections
Area 870x870 870x870 870x870
Nodes 20,40,60,80,100 50 50
Node Speed 3m/s 1,3,5,8.10 m/s 3 m/s
Simulation Time 500 s 500 s 500 s

Traffic Type CBR CBR CBR
Traffic Sources 9,18,27,36,45 20 16,18,20,22,24
Packet Rate 2 packets/sec 2 packets/sec 2 packets/sec
Initial Power 30 mAHr 30 mAHr 30 mAHr
Routing Protocol EOLSR,OLSR EOLSR,OLSR EOLSR,OLSR
6.1.1. Average end to end delay
Figure 10: Impact of Variation of Number of Nodes and Node Speed on Average end to end delay
Figure10 depicts end to end delay for EOLSR-RE, OLSR and EOLSR-EC protocols for number
of nodes from 20 to 100 and node speed 1 to 10 m/s. It is clear that EOLSR-RE has shortest
delay than EOLR-EC and OLSR. On an average EOLSR-EC shows better performance than
OLSR after 80 nodes and for all speed. For sparse network delay is almost same for all three
protocols while for dense network EOLSR-RE shows shortest delay.
Table 3.Impact of variation of Number of Connections on Average end to end delay
We have varied number of connection from 16 (i.e. around 32 nodes). This is because the OLSR
has better performance in dense network [17].
As shown in Table 3, the average end to end delay increases with increase in number of
connections. On an average, there is 15% less delay in EOLSR-RE and 10% less delay in
EOLSR-EC. It is seen that for high traffic network delay has higher value in all three protocols.
No. of
Connection
Average end to end delay
EOLSR-
RE
OLSR
EOLSR-
EC
% Change in
EOLSR-RE
% Change in
EOLSR-EC
16 20.6159 22.2534 21.5053 -7.358 -3.361733
18 23.4997 26.8511 24.3007 -12.48 -9.498307
20 26.8916 32.0454 28.5996 -16.08 -10.75287
22 33.0379 38.0543 35.3379 -13.18 -7.138221
24 37.895 41.6945 40.7432 -9.11 -2.281596

Note: In presented Tables, +ve sign shows higher value of EOLSR parameter as compared to
OLSR while –ve sign shows lesser value.
6.1.2. Packet Delivery Fraction (PDF)
Figure 11: Impact of Variation of Number of Nodes and Node Speed on Packet Delivery Fraction
The impact of variation of nodes and node speed on packet delivery is as shown in Figure 11.It
is seen that packet delivery is almost same over the entire node range and it shows decreasing
trend. For lower speed EOLSR-RE has better packet delivery than OLSR and EOLSR-EC while
for higher speed packet delivery is almost same for all three protocols. It is observed that PDF
falls with increasing node speed.
Table 4.Impact of variation of Number of Connections on Packet Delivery Fraction (PDF)
As shown in Table 4, packet delivery is above 90% in case of all three protocols which indicates
there is slight change in packet delivery with increase in number of connections.
No. of
Connection
Packet Delivery Fraction (PDF)
EOLSR-
RE
OLSR EOLSR-EC
% Change in
EOLSR-RE
% Change in
EOLSR-EC
16 89.375 91.2624 89.553 - 2.07 -1.873061
18 90.3888 91.1444 90.5323 -0.83 -0.671572
20 88.86 91.08 90.221 -2.43 -0.943127
22 87.909 91.5272 88.502 -3.95 -3.305247
24 85.675 89.125 87.993 -3.87 -1.270126

6.1.3. Energy Consumption
Figure 12: Impact of Variation of Number of Nodes and Node Speed on Energy Consumption
Figure 12 shows effect of node variation and speed variation on energy consumption. In case of
EOLSR-RE, energy consumption has lesser value than OLSR and EOLSR-EC which is almost
20% less than OLSR and 10% less than EOLSR-EC. It is seen that for three protocols there is
increasing trend of energy consumption for both cases number of nodes and node speed
variation.
Table 5.Impact of variation of number of connections on Energy Consumption
The energy consumption reduces by 20% in EOLSR-RE and 15% in EOLSR-EC as shown in
Table 5. It is seen that energy consumption increases with increase in number of connections.
No. of
Connection
Energy Consumption
EOLSR-
RE
OLSR EOLSR-EC
% Change in
EOLSR-RE
% Change in
EOLSR-EC
16 10.3874 10.5285 10.4421 -1.34 -0.82063
18 9.98939 12.5364 10.2235 -20.27 -18.44948
20 10.7527 13.9693 11.9932 -22.99 -14.14602
22 13.5147 15.7888 14.3235 -14.38 -9.280629
24 15.6768 17.9791 16.5433 -12.79 -7.985939

6.1.4. Control Overheads
Figure 13: Impact of Variation of Number of Nodes and Node Speed on Control Overheads
The control overheads for EOLSR-RE are 50% less than OLSR and 25% less than EOLSR-EC
as shown in Figure 13. The control overheads are increases with increase in number of nodes
while remains constant for increase in node speed.
Table 6.Impact of variation of number of connections on Control Overheads
There is almost 50% reduction in control overheads in EOLSR-RE and 35% reduction in
EOLSR-EC as shown in Table 6. Control overheads remains constant with increase in number
of connections which indicates there is less impact of number of connections on control
overheads.
7. CONCLUSION
In this paper, we compared EOLSR-RE and EOLSR-EC over OLSR with the help of
performance metrics such as packet delivery fraction, average end to end delay, total energy
consumption, control overheads. Simulations have performed for different network conditions
to compare performance of EOLSR-RE and EOLSR-EC over OLSR.
Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed EOLSR-RE protocol results in a 20 percent
and EOLSR-EC protocol results in 10 percent of energy saving and this saving is obtained
starting from the transmission of the first packet. Subsequent packets transmitted using the
No. of
Connection
Control Overheads
EOLSR-
RE
OLSR
EOLSR-
EC
% Change in
EOLSR-RE
% Change
in EOLSR-
EC
16 7305.6 15520.38 10000.21 -52.92 -35.56723
18 7364.44 15978.4 10124.42 -53.91 -36.63683
20 7228.82 15922.2 10342.23 -54.59 -35.04522
22 7307.78 16006.14 10355.32 -54.34 -35.30408
24 7352 16345.9 10234.21 -55.02 -37.38974

EOLSR-RE and EOLSR-EC protocol will result in further energy savings. From this discussion,
we can say that EOLSR-RE is best protocol in terms of energy efficiency.
From experimental results, we can say that packet delivery is inversely proportional to node
density, node speed. Average end to end delay is less sensitive to node speed while highly
sensitive to node density. The average energy consumption increases with node density, node
speed. Control overheads are directly proportional to node density while it remains constant for
variation of node speed. From this discussion we can conclude that EOLSR-RE is best for
moderately dense (in area 870x870) network having low speed (1 m/s to 5 m/s), low packet rate
(2 packets/second) and high traffic i.e. large number of connections.
From results it is observed that we have successfully modified OLSR with 15% less end to end
delay, 50% less control overheads and 20% less energy consumption. EOLSR-RE is suitable
choice in military applications, disaster recovery areas and remote areas such as forests where
energy saving is important need.
8. FUTURE WORK
The work can be extended to test EOLSR-RE and EOLSR-EC for higher packet rate and
different network area by keeping other network parameters constant. Finally, the best scenario
can be suggested where all network QoS parameters gives best results.
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Authors
1. Mayur Tokekar received the B.E. degree in 2008 from Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar Mararhwada
University. He is currently a M.Tech student at College of Engineering, Pune. He is pursuing his M.Tech
in the field of Digital Systems. His areas of interests are wireless communication, embedded systems and
image processing.
2. Radhika D. Joshi received the BE degree in 1993 from Pune University and ME Degree from Pune
University in 2002. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Pune. She is pursuing research in
the field of Wireless Mobile Ad hoc networks energy management issues. At present she is serving as
Assistant Professor at Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering department of College of
Engineering Pune, which is an autonomous institute of Government of Maharashtra. Her areas of interests
are wireless communication, signal processing and electronic devices and circuits. She has received
grants for two research proposals from two funding agencies recently. She has published several papers in
journals and international conferences.

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