J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 48-54.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2011.03.009

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Movement control algorithm for balancing transmission power

YAN Zhongjiang;SHEN Zhong;CHANG Yilin;YANG Jiawei   

  1. (State Key Lab. of Integrated Service Networks, Xidian Univ., Xi'an   710071, China)
  • Received:2010-05-16 Online:2011-06-20 Published:2011-07-14
  • Contact: YAN Zhongjiang E-mail:zhjyan@xidian.edu.cn

Abstract:

To decrease the movement cost and the algorithm's iteration number in balancing the transmission power of nodes, a novel movement control algorithm is proposed, which is based on the minimum connected dominating set and Steiner tree. Firstly, a node set, which acts as the backbone of the network, is computed. Then a Steiner tree is constructed with the input of the backbone node set and the critical transmission radius, where the Steiner points are set as the moving candidates' destination points. Finally, the nodes which are not in the backbone node set are matched with and moved to the Steiner points to balance the transmission power. Simulation results show that, compared to the MST-based PMST-UV, the proposed algorithm reduces the movement cost and the iteration number, with the total movement distance decreased 13%~34%, and the iteration number reduced 17%~68%.

Key words: wireless ad hoc network, movement control, balanced transmission power, minimum connected dominating set

CLC Number: 

  • TP393