Abstract

We proposed a modified opportunistic routing protocol that is based on cross layer design and mainly focus on\nenergy harvesting principles named as modified energy harvesting opportunistic routing protocol (MEHOR). In the crosslayer\ndesign, parameters are exchanged in between the different layers to optimize the energy use. Apart from the traditional\nopportunistic routing protocols like Hybrid energy efficient protocol(HEEP), power-efficient gathering in sensor information\n(PEGASIS), Extremely opportunistic routing (ExOR), MEHOR focus on energy constraints at a sensor node because it\nrequires recharge once their energy level depleted. Basically we give the importance on regioning to overcome the multipath\nrouting problems, specially the energy availability. We minimize retransmission rate and reduce collisions, considering data\npacket received in a linear multi-hop energy harvesting wireless sensor networks (EH-WSN). We compare the MEHOR with\nthe traditional protocols and achieve good performances with larger coverage area and EH-WSN also reduces the cost.