how to calculate power consumption on an Android mobile that uses wifi?

Question

I have implemented a routing protocol on an Android 1.6 mobile that uses wireless (ad-hoc) network in order to exchange messages. Now I would like to evaluate it under an en

Answer 1

I believe that there are a number of apps available that will track the power consumption of an application. You could use one of those to observe your application during an intense test.

Edit: One app to try would be power tutor. Note that as it says though, power consumption is likely to vary a lot depending on the actual hardware. You might want to test it out on a few different platforms to see the differences.