Review Article

An Overview of Distributed Energy-Efficient Topology Control for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

Table 1

A comparative feature of topology control algorithms.

AuthorProposed algorithmTopology constructionTopology maintenanceControl schemeReliable energy efficientEnergy efficiency Energy balanceInformation exchange

Eidenbenz et al. [19]ETCGConnectivityNoneDistributedNoneNoneNoneOne-hop info
Kadivar et al. [33]OTTCEnergy efficientNoneDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneTwo-hop info
Sethu and Gerety [34]STCEnergy efficientNoneDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneOne-hop info
Komali et al. [7]MIA and DIAEnergy efficientNoneDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneOne-hop info
Zarifzadeh and Yazdani [21]NSNetwork capacityNoneDistributed/centralizedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneOne-hop info
Zarifzadeh et al. [35]MTCNetwork capacityNoneDistributed/centralizedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneOne-hop info
Li et al. [36]LMSTEnergy efficientNoneDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneOne-hop info
Hao et al. [15]VGEBEnergy balanceEnergy balanceDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyEnergy balanceTwo-hop info
Wattenhofer and Zollinger [37]XTCEnergy efficientNoneDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneOne-hop info
Song et al. [13]TRAEnergy balanceNoneDistributed/centralizedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneOne-hop info/global
Santi and Blough [38]CTRConnectivityNoneCentralizedNoneNoneNoneGlobal
Yu et al. [39]CCEnergy efficiencyNoneCentralizedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneGlobal
Li and Mohapatra [40]Unbalance energyEnergy efficiencyNoneDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyEnergy balanceOne-hop info
Cardei et al. [41]TCCConnectivityNoneDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneOne-hop info
Chu and Sethu [42]CTCAEnergy efficiencyEnergy efficiencyDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneOne-hop info
Olariu and Stojmenović [43]CoronaEnergy efficiencyNoneDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyNoneOne-hop info
Wu et al. [14]N-UniformEnergy efficiencyNoneDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyEnergy balanceOne-hop info
Sun et al. [44]WDTCEnergy efficiencyNoneDistributedNoneEnergy efficiencyEnergy efficiencyOne-hop info
Lee et al. [45]RETCNetwork capacityEnergy balanceDistributedMinimum packet lostEnergy efficiencyEnergy balanceOne-hop info