Title :
An Energy-aware Cluster Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks
Author :
Zheng, Gu-ping ; Zhou, Yu
Author_Institution :
North China Electr. Power Univ., Baoding
Abstract :
Cluster-based routing protocol of wireless sensor network (WSN) is a hotspot in international research. Considering the limited energy and transmission range of sensor node in sensor networks, an energy-aware cluster routing (ECR) is proposed. Firstly the network covering is divided into some areas based on node location information, and then the cluster heads are rotated periodically if necessary according to the node´s residual energy. The energy load is evenly distributed among the sensors in the network and the lifetime of the network is prolonged.
Keywords :
routing protocols; wireless sensor networks; WSN; cluster-based routing protocol; energy-aware cluster protocol; network covering; node location information; residual energy; wireless sensor networks; Algorithm design and analysis; Clustering algorithms; Costs; Energy measurement; Intelligent sensors; Routing protocols; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Transceivers; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Innovative Computing, Information and Control, 2007. ICICIC '07. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kumamoto
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2882-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICICIC.2007.139
