A Distributed Weight-Based Clustering Algorithm for WSNs

Author

Fan, Zuzhi ; Zhou, Huaibei

Author_Institution

Adv. Res. Center of Sci.& Tech., Wuhan Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

22-24 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Cluster-based routing protocol has been demonstrated as a good way to meet the requirements of wireless sensor networks (WSNs), such as scalability, lifetime constraint and energy-efficiency in LEACH. On one hand, the creation of clusters can lower energy consumption within a cluster by performing data fusion to decrease the amount of sensed data forwarded to BS (base station). On the other hand, the formation of cluster can consume lots of energy and then increase additional overhead. Therefore cluster formation algorithm which decides how to select cluster and how to schedule nodes is crux in cluster-based related routing protocols. In the paper, we propose a distributed weight-based clustering algorithm for WSNs which takes battery usage, load balancing and MAC functionality into consideration. Simulation results demonstrate the energy-efficiency of the proposed algorithm

Keywords

routing protocols; sensor fusion; wireless sensor networks; MAC functionality; WSN; battery usage; cluster-based routing protocol; data fusion; distributed weight-based clustering algorithm; load balancing; wireless sensor networks; Base stations; Batteries; Clustering algorithms; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Load management; Routing protocols; Scalability; Scheduling algorithm; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2006. WiCOM 2006.International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0517-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WiCOM.2006.275

Filename

4149452