Title :
Cluster Head Selection for Equal Cluster Size in Wireless Sensor Networks
Author :
Nam, Choon-Sung ; Ku, Yong-Ki ; Yoon, Jong-Wan ; Shin, Dong-Ryeol
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon, South Korea
fDate :
June 30 2009-July 2 2009
Abstract :
The goal of wireless sensor networks is to collect sensing data on a specific region using wireless communication. The sink node gathers all local sensing data, processes them, and transmits them to users who use sensor networks. Generally, sensor nodes are low-cost, low power devices with limited sensing, computation and wireless communication capabilities. A sensor network applies to multi-hop communication on a large-scale network. As neighboring sensor nodes have similar data, clustering is an effective technique for dasiadata-aggregationpsila. In the multi-hop based cluster formation technique, it is necessary that the number of cluster member nodes should be distributed equally due to the balance of cluster formation. Therefore, this paper proposes a method of cluster head selection to form equal cluster sizes in wireless sensor networks.
Keywords :
large scale integration; wireless channels; wireless sensor networks; cluster head selection; cluster size; data aggregation; large-scale network; local sensing data; multihop communication; sensor nodes; sink node; wireless communication; wireless sensor networks; Batteries; Clustering methods; Data engineering; Energy consumption; Large-scale systems; Routing; Scattering; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; cluster division; cluster head; sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
New Trends in Information and Service Science, 2009. NISS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3687-3
DOI :
10.1109/NISS.2009.182