Optimizing VANET Lifetime and Energy Management Performance with ImCaG-Net

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  • Uma Maheswari Gali Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Nagarjuna Karyemsetty Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Volume: 15 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 22684-22689 | June 2025 | https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.10213

Received: 12 January 2025 | Revised: 15 February 2025 | Accepted: 6 March 2025 | Online: 4 June 2025


Corresponding author: Nagarjuna Karyemsetty

Abstract

Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) are essential components of modern intelligent transportation systems. Despite their advantages, VANETs face routing, network lifetime, and optimized energy consumption challenges due to their dynamic nature and high mobility. This paper introduces the ImCaG-Net model, a novel approach that addresses these challenges by combining the Imperialistic Competitive Algorithm (ICA) with Gated Recurrent Units (GRU). Comparative analysis of ImCaG-Net with existing models shows a 25% increase in network lifetime and a 30% increase in energy efficiency, confirming the effectiveness of the proposed model. The ImCaG-Net model demonstrates superior performance with an increase in packet transmissions to Cluster Heads (CHs) up to 60,000 and to Base Stations (BSs) up to 50,000 over 6000 rounds, highlighting its effectiveness compared to traditional models like LEACH and PEGASIS.

Keywords:

VANET, energy, network lifetime, nodes, ICS, GRU, cluster head selection

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Gali, U.M. and Karyemsetty, N. 2025. Optimizing VANET Lifetime and Energy Management Performance with ImCaG-Net. Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research. 15, 3 (Jun. 2025), 22684–22689. DOI:https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.10213.

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