Power control is an essential component of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). This paper claims to provide a “literature survey on power control algorithms for [MANETs].” The paper splits the survey into five sections: “Power Control Algorithm,” “Distributed Power Control Scheme and Power Scheduling,” “Layer and Hardware Effect on Power Consumption,” “Transmission Power Control Protocol,” and “Power Control By Power Saving.” It refers to 30 other papers.

In the abstract, the authors state: “In this paper, neural base power control improves energy consumption and throughput.” However, it is not clear how the neural base power control method works, how it improves energy consumption and throughput, and by what factor it improves the situation when compared to other power control methods.

The paper does not fully explain the surveyed protocols; the authors should have provided readers with a comparison table of them. It does not include a comparison of the power control methods (their efficiency and their effect on network performance), the drawbacks of the schemes used, or planned future work (if any); this information would have been tremendously helpful to readers. However, this paper may be useful to researchers working in the area of power control in wireless networks. The references provided are good for further study.