[ns] Energy consumption in mobile nodes

[Salvo Danilo Giuffrida]

Hello,
the default values for receive/transmit energy consumption (~200 mW,
both for receive and transmit), are they realistic? Particularly, is
it normal that the same energy is spent for receiving and trasmitting?
I've seen some example scripts that simulated MANETs, and there the
default values where overridden with 300 mW for reception, and 600mW
for transmission. Are these last one more realistic?
Another thing: Is it normal that in a MANET, even if a node is never
used to forward packets, it neverthless consumes energy?
Thanks