Cross Layer Energy Conservation in Routing Protocol for MANET

Problem statement: The main idea is to design an algorithm for reducing the amount of overhearing problem in MANET using DSR. Applied Approach: a cross layer framework is designed such that the physical, MAC, network layer.RSS value is applied with the physical layer for fi nding the mobility. Mobility determines the rebroadcast capability and overhearing level. The energy conservation is achieved due to cross layer framework and by integrating 802.11 with DSR. In psm mode initially all the nodes are in sleep state, but disad vantage occurs in case of unconditional overhearing. The conditional overhearing is proposed such that the energy consumption is reduced. In the proposed idea RSS value determines either the selection of the link or not prior to the route discovery process . Keywords: MANET, DSR, overhearing, stale route, RSS