Topology Control by Transmission Range Adjustment Protocol for Clustered Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Algorithm 1

Pseudocode for volunteer cluster head selection.

Begin

 ……

For (every𝑣∈𝑉)

If STATUS (𝑣) = 0 then

{

If WT_𝑣 ⟩All WT_𝑖 where 𝑖∈Γ(𝑣)

              (//Γ(𝑣) is neighbor set of 𝑣)

Then Set head = 𝑣

Set STATUS (𝑣) = 2

End if

For (every𝑥∈Γ(𝑣))

If STATUS (𝑥) = 0 Then

Set HEAD (𝑥) = head

Set STATUS (𝑥) = 1

End if

End for

}

End if

End for

 ……

 End