Maximization of energy efficiency in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks with SERENA

Issue title: Advances in Wireless Networks

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mahfoudh, Saoucene | Minet, Pascale

Affiliations: INRIA, Rocquencourt, 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex, France

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Abstract: In wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, an analysis of the node energy consumption distribution shows that the largest part is due to the time spent in the idle state. This result is at the origin of SERENA, an algorithm to SchEdule RoutEr Nodes Activity. SERENA allows router nodes to sleep, while ensuring end-to-end communication in the wireless network. It is a localized and decentralized algorithm assigning time slots to nodes. Any node stays awake only during its slot and the slots assigned to its neighbors, it sleeps the remaining time. Simulation results show that SERENA enables us to maximize network lifetime while increasing the number of user messages delivered. SERENA is based on a two-hop coloring algorithm, whose complexity in terms of colors and rounds is evaluated. We then quantify the slot reuse. Finally, we show how SERENA improves the node energy consumption distribution and maximizes the energy efficiency of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. We compare SERENA with classical TDMA and optimized variants such as USAP in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks.

Keywords: Node activity scheduling, wireless ad hoc networks, sensor networks, energy efficiency, network lifetime, spatial reuse

DOI: 10.3233/MIS-2009-0071

Journal: Mobile Information Systems, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 33-52, 2009