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Power aware routing algorithms (PARA) in wireless mesh networks for emergency management.

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  • Author(s): Al-Hadhrami T;Al-Hadhrami T; Saeed F; Saeed F; Olajide F; Olajide F
  • Source:
    PloS one [PLoS One] 2018 Oct 15; Vol. 13 (10), pp. e0204751. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Oct 15 (Print Publication: 2018).
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science
    • Subject Terms:
      Emergency Medical Services/*methods; Algorithms ; Computer Communication Networks ; Disasters/prevention & control ; Wireless Technology
    • Abstract:
      Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
      Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) integrate the advantages of WLANs and mobile Ad Hoc networks, which have become the key techniques of next-generation wireless networks in the context of emergency recovery. Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are multi-hop wireless networks with instant deployment, self-healing, self-organization and self-configuration features. These capabilities make WMNs a promising technology for incident and emergency communication. An incident area network (IAN) needs a reliable and lively routing path during disaster recovery and emergency response operations when infrastructure-based communications and power resources have been destroyed and no routes are available. Power aware routing plays a significant role in WMNs, in order to provide continuous efficient emergency services. The existing power aware routing algorithms used in wireless networks cannot fully fit the characteristics of WMNs, to be used for emergency recovery. This paper proposes a power aware routing algorithm (PARA) for WMNs, which selects optimal paths to send packets, mainly based on the power level of next node along the path. This algorithm was implemented and tested in a proven simulator. The analytic results show that the proposed power node-type aware routing algorithm metric can clearly improve the network performance by reducing the network overheads and maintaining a high delivery ratio with low latency.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20181016 Date Completed: 20190311 Latest Revision: 20190311
    • Publication Date:
      20250114
    • Accession Number:
      PMC6188633
    • Accession Number:
      10.1371/journal.pone.0204751
    • Accession Number:
      30321225