Energy-aware routing apparatus and method
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1. An energy-aware routing apparatus for use with a multi-hop system comprising at least one terminal and at least one base station, the apparatus comprising:
- a transceiving unit that receives a route request message including battery information from each of the at least one terminal, the battery information indicating a battery power status of each of the at least one terminal as at least one of a high level, a medium level, a low level, and a critical level; and
a control unit that receives the route request message from the transceiving unit and selects a communication path from configurable paths by using the battery information.
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Abstract
An energy-aware routing method and energy-aware routing system, the energy-aware routing apparatus for use with a multi-hop system including at least one terminal and at least one base station, the apparatus includes a transceiving unit for receiving a route request message including battery information from each of the at least one terminal; and a control unit for receiving the route request message from the transceiving unit and selecting a communication path from configurable paths by using the battery information.
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1. An energy-aware routing apparatus for use with a multi-hop system comprising at least one terminal and at least one base station, the apparatus comprising:
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a transceiving unit that receives a route request message including battery information from each of the at least one terminal, the battery information indicating a battery power status of each of the at least one terminal as at least one of a high level, a medium level, a low level, and a critical level; and a control unit that receives the route request message from the transceiving unit and selects a communication path from configurable paths by using the battery information. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An energy-aware routing apparatus for use with a multi-hop system comprising at least one terminal, at least one relay, and at least one base station, the apparatus comprising:
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a transceiving unit that receives a route request message including energy-aware information from each of the at least one terminal or relay, the energy-aware information comprising battery information, the battery information indicating a battery power status of each of the at least one terminal as at least one of a high level, a medium level, a low level, and a critical level; and a control unit that receives the route request message from the transceiving unit and selects a communication path from at least one configurable path by using the energy-aware information. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An energy-aware routing apparatus for use with a multi-hop system comprising at least one terminal, at least one relay, and at least one base station, the apparatus comprising:
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a transceiving unit that receives a route request message and forwards the route request message according to a first control signal; and a control unit that receives the route request message from the transceiving unit, checks an amount of battery power remaining, generates the first control signal which controls a retransmission of the route request message according to the amount of battery power remaining, and outputs the first control signal to the transceiving unit. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An energy-aware routing method which is applied to a multi-hop system comprising at least one terminal, at least one relay, and at least one base station, the method comprising:
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receiving a route request message including energy-aware information from each of the at least one terminal and relay, the energy-aware information including battery information, the battery information indicating a battery power status of each of the at least one terminal as at least one of a high level, a medium level, a low level, and a critical level; and selecting a communication path from at least one configurable path by using the energy-aware information. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. An energy-aware routing method which is applied to a multi-hop system comprising at least one terminal, at least one relay, and at least one base station, the method comprising:
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receiving a route request message in a transceiving unit; checking an amount of battery power remaining when the route request message is received by a control unit from the transceiving unit, the checking of the amount being performed by the control unit; and determining whether to forward the route request message according to the amount of battery power remaining, the determining being performed by the control unit. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable medium of instructions that controls a transceiving unit and a control unit of a multi-hop system comprising at least one terminal, at least one relay, and at least one base station, the non-transitory computer readable medium of instructions comprising:
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a first set of instructions that controls the transceiving unit to receive a route request message including energy-aware information from each of the at least one terminal and relay, the energy-aware information including battery information, the battery information indicating a battery power status of each of the at least one terminal as at least one of a high level, a medium level, a low level, and a critical level; and a second set of instructions that controls the control unit to select a communication path from at least one configurable path by using the energy-aware information. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A non-transitory computer readable medium of instructions that controls a transceiving unit and a control unit of a multi-hop system comprising at least one terminal, at least one relay, and at least one base station, the non-transitory computer readable medium of instructions comprising:
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a first set of instructions that controls the transceiving unit to receive a route request message; a second set of instructions that controls the control unit to check an amount of battery power remaining when the route request message is received; and a third set of instructions that controls the control unit to determine whether to forward the route request message according to the amount of battery power remaining. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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