Framework for Location Based Power Aware Routing in MANET

With the rapid growth in the area of wireless networks and mobile applications, Quality of Service (QoS) provision has received the attention of researchers. But unpredictable nature of Mobile Adhoc Networks makes it a very difficult task. Various QoS based protocols have been proposed by the researchers. These protocols make use of either proactive (table-driven) or reactive (on-demand) approach. Table driven approach requires a large amount of storage space to store the information regarding whole of the network which is not possible in case of small mobile devices. On the other hand, due to flooding of RREQ packets, on-demand routing protocols consumes a large amount of bandwidth and thus increases the network load. Also, there is a transmission delay for the first data packet. This paper presents an optimized approach for providing QoS in a location aware environment.