International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395 -0056 Volume: 03 Issue: 04 | Apr-2016 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2016, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 4.45 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 209 A Review on Energy Efficient AODV Routing Protocol Priyanka Warwadekar 1 , Prof. Kavita Mhatre 2 1 PriyankaWarwadekar, Dept of Electronics and communication Engg., Usha Mittal Institute of Technology,Mumbai,India 2 Prof. Kavita Mhatre, Dept of Electronics and communication Engg., Usha Mittal Institute of Technology,Mumbai,India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET) is an autonomous collection of multi-hop wireless mobile nodes to establish communication without centralized infrastructure. Efficient routing protocol makes MANET reliable. Energy efficiency is a major problem of mobile Ad-hoc network as mobile nodes will be powered by batteries with limited capacity, insufficient source of energy and are difficult to replace or recharge. In MANET, Energy efficiency is an important challenge which leads to proposal of an Energy Efficient Enhanced AODV Routing Protocol that reduces delay, overhead, increases packet delivery ratio and consumes lesser energy compared to AODV. In this paper, a review of different protocols based on Energy Efficient Routing is done Key Words: MANET, Routing Protocol, AODV, Energy Efficient Routing. 1. INTRODUCTION Computers and wireless communication has undergone a paradigm shift in recent years as a result mobile computing has evolved as prominent link field of computer communication. Wireless devices have evolved in terms of size, form factor and design hence they can be carried anywhere and can be used at any time. Due to mobile nature of wireless devices they have been trimmed down extensively, thus leaving very little space for battery pack. Biggest constrains of wireless devices therefore remains finite power supply. So the need of hour is efficient power management in wireless communication. Collection of wireless mobile host forms an ad hoc network which in turn form a temporary independent of any standalone infrastructure or centralized information. Fundamental challenge is constructing a MANET to enable each device with capability to continuously maintain the information required to route the traffic. Areas where primary concern of establishing and infrastructure based network are time lag and enlarged cost. MANET solves this primary concern. In continuous efforts of decreasing form factor and increasing the portability of mobile devices constraints like battery capacity and heat dissipation has arise which needs to be tackle through systematic energy efficiency program. Technology and research are improvising at steady but slower pace for enhancing the battery capacity and minimizing heat dissipation. The solution is energy efficiency which can be accomplished by doing work per unit of battery energy consumed and heat dissipated. Some of the challenges in MANET include Limited Bandwidth, Limiting power supply, Unicast routing, Multicast routing, Network overhead, Quality of service, Energy Efficient, Security, Battery constraints. Characteristics of MANET Communication via wireless network Easy to Deploy Dynamic network topology Nodes perform roles of both hosts and routers Flexible No infrastructure needed Frequent routing updates Can be set up anywhere Some of the applications of MANET are Defence Development Disaster relief operations Mine site operations Urgent business meetings 2. ROUTING PROTOCOL In this section we study routing protocol which are of 3 types: Proactive, Reactive, Hybrid 2.1 Proactive Routing Protocol These type of protocol are also called as Table-driven protocols. Basically proactive protocol are similar to connectionless datagram network. Maintains the routes at all time. Hence proactive protocol have lower latency. These protocols employs routing strategies