A Transmission Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks Using Ant Colony Optimization With Unconventional Characteristics

Author

Xuxun Liu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China

Volume

18

Issue

7

fYear

2014

fDate

Jul-14

Firstpage

1214

Lastpage

1217

Abstract

An effective transmission strategy should achieve maximum possible energy efficiency (MPEE) and maximum possible energy balancing (MPEB) for lifespan maximization in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In this letter, a transmission scheme with two strategies of MPEB is proposed to realize the unity of MPEE and MPEB, and ultimately to maximize the lifetime of WSNs. This transmission scheme is based on ant colony optimization (ACO), but it is quite different from conventional ACO algorithms in two aspects: every ant only needs to move one step to finish its complete trip, and there is no heuristic information in the transition probability of the ant. Finally, simulations are used to validate the effectiveness and superiority of our proposed transmission scheme.

Keywords

ant colony optimisation; probability; telecommunication network reliability; wireless sensor networks; ACO algorithms; MPEB; MPEE; WSNs; ant colony optimization; lifespan maximization; maximum possible energy balancing; maximum possible energy efficiency; transition probability; transmission scheme; wireless sensor networks; Ant colony optimization; Complexity theory; Corona; Energy consumption; Heuristic algorithms; Routing; Wireless sensor networks; Wireless sensor networks (WSNs); ant colony optimization (ACO); maximum possible energy balancing (MPEB); maximum possible energy efficiency (MPEE); transmission scheme;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2014.2317789

Filename

6799239