EECR: Energy-Efficient Cooperative Routing for EM-Based Nanonetworks

Xin Wei Yao, Ye Chen Ge Wu, Yuan Yao, Chu Feng Qi, Wei Huang

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Abstract

Nanonetworks, which are composed of interacting nanonodes, have significant potential in many areas and applications. However, reliable communication is extremely challenging in electromagnetic (EM) nanonetworks as a result of limited transmission power, constrained nanonode capabilities, and severe path losses in terahertz band communications. In this paper, we propose a cooperative communication model for hierarchical cluster-based nanonetworks. In each cluster, there is a nano-controller that acts as a cluster head and several nanonodes that cooperatively forward packets to the nano-controller. Based on the cooperative communication model, an energy-efficient cooperative routing algorithm with optimal link cost is proposed for the nanonetworks. We first formulate the energy cost of cooperative communication between two nanonodes with a two-stage transmission strategy, as only statistical knowledge about the channel is currently available. Using the energy cost formulation, we can then establish cooperative communication transmission with optimal energy consumption. The results of the study show that the cooperative routing scheme can effectively reduce energy consumption compared to noncooperative routing schemes, thus showing great potential for use in cooperative communication schemes to enhance the performance of the nanonetwork.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering - 16th International Conference, CDVE 2019, Proceedings
EditorsYuhua Luo
PublisherSpringer
Pages30-38
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783030309480
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering, CDVE 2019 - Mallorca, Spain
Duration: 6 Oct 20199 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11792 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering, CDVE 2019
Country/TerritorySpain
CityMallorca
Period6/10/199/10/19

Keywords

  • Cooperative routing
  • EM-based nanonetwork
  • Energy-efficient routing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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