Aron, FOOlwal, TOKurien, AOdhiambo, MO2008-11-122008-11-122008-07Aron, FO, Olwal, FO, Kurien, A and Odhiambo, MO. 2008. Distributed topology control algorithm to conserve energy in heterogeneous wireless mesh networks. Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 30, pp 530-5361307-6884http://www.waset.org/pwaset/v30/v30-91.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/2512Copyright: 2008 World Academy of Science, Engineering and TechnologyA considerable amount of energy is consumed during transmission and reception of messages in a wireless mesh network (WMN). Reducing per-node transmission power would greatly increase the network lifetime via power conservation in addition to increasing the network capacity via better spatial bandwidth reuse. In this work, the problem of topology control in a hybrid WMN of heterogeneous wireless devices with varying maximum transmission ranges is considered. A localized distributed topology control algorithm is presented which calculates the optimal transmission power so that (1) network connectivity is maintained (2) node transmission power is reduced to cover only the nearest neighbours (3) networks lifetime is extended. Simulations and analysis of results are carried out in the NS-2 environment to demonstrate the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed algorithmenTopology controlWireless mesh networksLocalized algorithmEnergy conservationArticleAron, F., Olwal, T., Kurien, A., & Odhiambo, M. (2008). Distributed topology control algorithm to conserve energy in heterogeneous wireless mesh networks. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2512Aron, FO, TO Olwal, A Kurien, and MO Odhiambo "Distributed topology control algorithm to conserve energy in heterogeneous wireless mesh networks." (2008) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2512Aron F, Olwal T, Kurien A, Odhiambo M. Distributed topology control algorithm to conserve energy in heterogeneous wireless mesh networks. 2008; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2512.TY - Article AU - Aron, FO AU - Olwal, TO AU - Kurien, A AU - Odhiambo, MO AB - A considerable amount of energy is consumed during transmission and reception of messages in a wireless mesh network (WMN). Reducing per-node transmission power would greatly increase the network lifetime via power conservation in addition to increasing the network capacity via better spatial bandwidth reuse. In this work, the problem of topology control in a hybrid WMN of heterogeneous wireless devices with varying maximum transmission ranges is considered. A localized distributed topology control algorithm is presented which calculates the optimal transmission power so that (1) network connectivity is maintained (2) node transmission power is reduced to cover only the nearest neighbours (3) networks lifetime is extended. Simulations and analysis of results are carried out in the NS-2 environment to demonstrate the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed algorithm DA - 2008-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Topology control KW - Wireless mesh networks KW - Localized algorithm KW - Energy conservation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2008 SM - 1307-6884 T1 - Distributed topology control algorithm to conserve energy in heterogeneous wireless mesh networks TI - Distributed topology control algorithm to conserve energy in heterogeneous wireless mesh networks UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2512 ER -