A new energy-aware routing protocol for improving path stability in ad-hoc networks

Since mobile ad-hoc network usually consists of battery-operated nodes, load balancing for balanced energy consumption is important. In this paper, we propose a new routing protocol to find the highest minimum node residual energy path among shortest paths for improving path stability in mobile ad-hoc networks. Using ns-3 simulation, we show that the proposed routing protocol provides more stable routing path than AODV and EA-AODV.