%0 Journal Article %A Sayani Sil and Sukanta Das %D 2010 %J International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 40, 2010 %T An Energy Efficient Algorithm for Distributed Mutual Exclusion in Mobile Ad-hoc Networks %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3135 %V 40 %X This paper reports a distributed mutual exclusion algorithm for mobile Ad-hoc networks. The network is clustered hierarchically. The proposed algorithm considers the clustered network as a logical tree and develops a token passing scheme to get the mutual exclusion. The performance analysis and simulation results show that its message requirement is optimal, and thus the algorithm is energy efficient. %P 738 - 743