Topology Control, Routing and the Better Transmission Path in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

In wireless ad hoc networks, different applications may have different requirements on data transfer which are not limited to being energy-efficient. Even in a single application, there may be different requirements. However, the existing topology control and routing algorithms usually considered only one factor, which could not satisfy the various requirements. In this paper, we present algorithms to integrate multiple factors into topology control and routing. We also illustrate that topology control and routing should be considered together when multiple factors are taken into account. Simulation results show that topologies derived under our factor-integrated topology control algorithms can preserve more desirable transmission paths which can be found by the factor-integrated routing algorithms.