A load balancing energy efficient clustering algorithm for MANETs

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 463-483

  Safa, H ^a   Mirza, O ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Clustering; Energy; Lload balancing; MANET

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER-HEADS; CLUSTERING; CLUSTERING APPROACH; CLUSTERING MODEL; DYNAMIC ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY-CONSTRAINED; LOAD-BALANCING; MOBILE NODES; NETWORK LIFETIME; NODE MOBILITY; RE-CLUSTERING; RESIDUAL ENERGY; ROUTING OVERHEADS;

ACCESS CONTROL; AD HOC NETWORKS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77949576799     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.1084     Document Type: Article

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