Integrating power assignment into energy‐efficient routing in E2E retransmission systems

Abstract

Routing design is an effective mechanism to improve the energy-efficiency in packet transmissions for wireless multihop networks. Meanwhile, the total energy consumption for packet transmissions over a path comprising of several unreliable links depends on the power assignment on each link. In this study, the authors address the energy-efficient routing, which integrates with the optimal power assignment, in end-to-end (E2E) retransmission systems. The process of packet transmission across a path in E2E systems is modelled as a random walk. The expected energy consumed for the packet transmission is then calculated. As the expected energy consumption closely relies on the transmit power assigned on the path, it is necessary to integrate the power assignment into the energy-efficient routing. The optimal power assignment on the candidate path is analytically derived for minimising the expected energy consumption. Specially, the energy-efficient routing integrated with power sssignment (EERPA) algorithm is developed to find the optimal path among all candidate paths with all possible power assignments. Simulations demonstrate the efficiency of the authors' EERPA algorithm.