Research Article

A Simple and Energy-Efficient Flooding Scheme for Wireless Routing

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

Communication standardsIEEE 802.11b

Simulation time ()300 sec
Side length of the target area ()1 km
Number of trials in one simulation100
Number of relay nodes ()30
Velocity of relay node ()1.41 m/sec
Pass loss exponent ()3.5
Antenna gain1
Limit coverage of direct transmission250 m

Bit rate1.0 Mbps
Application protocolUDP
Traffic typeCBR
Generate traffic2.0 Mbps
Packet size1500 bytes
Routing protocolAODV

Initialization energy of a node ()3600 J
Transmission power ()28 dBm
Receiver threshold-96 dBm
Supply voltage ()3 V
Idle current (I1)0.426 mA
Clear channel assessment (CCA) busy state current (I2)0.426 mA
Channel switch current (I3)0.426 mA
Tx current (I4)17.4 mA
Rx current (I5)19.7 mA