A survey of energy efficient network protocols for wireless networks

Wireless networking has witnessed an explosion of interest from consumers i n recent years for its applications in mobile and personal communications. As wireless networks become an integral component of the modern communicati on infrastructure, energy efficiency will be an important design considerat ion due to the limited battery life of mobile terminals. Power conservation techniques are commonly used in the hardware design of such Systems. Since the network interface is a significant consumer of power, considerable res earch has been devoted to low-power design of the entire network protocol s tack of wireless networks in an effort to enhance energy efficiency. This p aper presents a comprehensive summary of recent work addressing energy effi cient and low-power design within all layers of the wireless network protoc ol stack.