An extension of Transmission Power Control from one-to-one to one-to-many links

In this paper, we propose an extension to existing power control (PC) management algorithm in a multihop wireless ad hoc network. Typical power control assumes that mobile nodes communicate with each other by one-to-one. However, one-to-many style communication is necessary for energy-efficient communications of several applications where broadcast or multicast is used. In this paper, we identify the requirements of medium access control (MAC) layer that broadcasting in ad hoc networks relies on. Then, we propose a new method of dealing with those requirements in the MAC layer. This work will provide an extension in paradigm of transmission power control.