We describe a distributed position-based network
protocol optimized for minimum energy consumption in mobile
wireless networks that support peer-to-peer communications.
Given any number of randomly deployed nodes over an area,
we illustrate that a simple local optimization scheme executed at
each node guarantees strong connectivity of the entire network
and attains the global minimum energy solution for stationary
networks. Due to its localized nature, this protocol proves to be
self-reconfiguring and stays close to the minimum energy solution
when applied to mobile networks. Simulation results are used to
verify the performance of the protocol.