Energy Efficient Stable Cluster Scheme for MANET

Abstract

In Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, cluster based routing protocol(CBRP) is robustly used since they combine the advantages of Reactive and Proctive routing protocols. And they have less routing overhead and less end-to-end delay compared to Reactive and Proctive routing protocols respectively. Energy source for a mobile node is limited, and even difficult to recharge. The life time of the network depends on the life time of the nodes. So we propose different shemes to have energy efficient stable clusters. By using stable clustering algorithm to avoid frequent reclustering, efficient clustering scheme to minimize overlapping clusters, and allow nodes to save their energy by changing their mode to sleep mode.