A Distributed Range Assignment Protocol

We present a new distributed algorithm for creating and maintaining power-efficient topologies in a wireless network. The wireless nodes establish links to neighbouring nodes in a self-organizing fashion. The protocol is designed to first create a connected topology and then iteratively search for better links to reduce the overall power consumption. First results from simulated experiments with various network sizes show that the resulting topologies are close to optimal in respect to the total energy consumption.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: IWSOS
• Authors: Steffen Wolf, Tom Ansay, Peter Merz
• Keywords: Control Systems, IWSOS 2009, Nodes Establish Links, Overall Power Consumption, Power-efficient Topologies