A novel weighted cooperative routing algorithm （WCRA） is proposed in this article, which was on the basis of a weighted metric with maximal remaining energy （MRE） of the relays and the maximal received SNR （MRS）...A novel weighted cooperative routing algorithm （WCRA） is proposed in this article, which was on the basis of a weighted metric with maximal remaining energy （MRE） of the relays and the maximal received SNR （MRS） of the nodes. Moreover, a cooperative routing protocol was implemented on the basis of WCRA. Then simulation is done on network simulation （NS-2） platform to compare the performances of MRS, MRE and WCRA with that of noncooperative destination-sequenced destination-sequenced distance-vector （DSDV） protocol. The simulative results show that WCRA obtains a performance tradeoff between MRE and MRS in terms of delivery ratio and network lifetime, which can effectively improve the network lifetime at an acceptable loss of delivery ratio.展开更多
文摘A novel weighted cooperative routing algorithm （WCRA） is proposed in this article, which was on the basis of a weighted metric with maximal remaining energy （MRE） of the relays and the maximal received SNR （MRS） of the nodes. Moreover, a cooperative routing protocol was implemented on the basis of WCRA. Then simulation is done on network simulation （NS-2） platform to compare the performances of MRS, MRE and WCRA with that of noncooperative destination-sequenced destination-sequenced distance-vector （DSDV） protocol. The simulative results show that WCRA obtains a performance tradeoff between MRE and MRS in terms of delivery ratio and network lifetime, which can effectively improve the network lifetime at an acceptable loss of delivery ratio.
