In this paper we focus on energy efficiency of the node in mobile ad hoc network with respect to metrics residual battery capacity and relay capacity of the node in the network. We have proposed a multicast algorithm which will use the remaining battery power of the node in an efficient way to increase the lifetime of the network. If the source node wants to send multicast packets, it chooses a node with higher residual-battery capacity. If all the intermediate nodes have equal residual-battery capacity, then it chooses a node with higher relay capacity. Simulation results revealed that the proposed algorithm is more efficient than the existing in terms of node lifetime, delay and throughput.
Improving the Energy Efficiency in Mobile Ad-Hoc Network Using Learning-Based Routing