Energy Efficient Information Dissemination in Ad Hoc Networks Utilizing Bi-orthogonal Signaling

In this paper, we leverage bi-orthogonal signaling by using a time slot dependent identification scheme that enables energy efficient information dissemination, independent of the network topology. The approach, although motivated by cooperative modulation schemes that require information to be dispersed to other nodes within a wireless ad hoc network, can be applied directly to wired networks. As a measure of energy efficiency in information dissemination, we consider the number of transmissions required for broadcast. For the grid topology, we give a tighter bound than [1] without using our proposed time slot dependent identification scheme, and then focus on optimizing an information dissemination scheme for the grid topology.