Energy-balanced and energy-efficient clustering routing protocol for wireless sensor networks

• Published in: IET communications Vol. 13; no. 10; pp. 1449 - 1457
• Main Authors: Ogundile, Olayinka O, Balogun, Muyiwa B, Ijiga, Owoicho E, Falayi, Elijah O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Institution of Engineering and Technology 25.06.2019
• Subjects: cluster head nodes; clustered sensor networks; clustered WSN; clustering formation algorithms; data gathering algorithm; energy‐balanced clustering; energy‐balanced wireless communication protocol; energy‐efficient clustering; energy‐efficient wireless communication protocol; large scale clustering WSN; mobile sink; network lifetime; noncluster head nodes; pattern clustering; Research Article; residual energy; routing metrics; routing protocol; routing protocols; telecommunication power management; transmission range‐power; wireless sensor networks; clustered WSN; energy-balanced clustering; wireless sensor networks; energy-efficient clustering; residual energy; telecommunication power management; clustered sensor networks; noncluster head nodes; energy-balanced wireless communication protocol; routing protocol; data gathering algorithm; mobile sink; routing metrics; cluster head nodes; pattern clustering; routing protocols; transmission range-power; clustering formation algorithms; energy-efficient wireless communication protocol; large scale clustering WSN; network lifetime
• ISSN: 1751-8628; 1751-8636; 1751-8636
• DOI: 10.1049/iet-com.2018.6163

Prolonging the network lifetime for a reasonable period while meeting users' needs is key in developing a data gathering algorithm for WSNs. Clustered sensor networks are considered as an efficient approach for extending the network lifetime of WSNs. In clustering, sensor devices are arranged in clusters. Inside the cluster, non-cluster head nodes transmit data to the cluster head (CH) nodes while the CH forward the message to the sink. Irrespective of how the clusters are formed, a clustered WSN requires sturdy energy-balanced (EB) and energy-efficient (EE) communication protocol. Different from the previous clustered based routing protocol, this paper develops and analyses a selective-path priority table EB and EE clustering based routing protocol, which employs a mobile sink. The priority table is formed by prioritising the two shortest paths to the CH or sink according to some simple but efficient rules. The rules are derived using some routing metrics such as transmission range/power and residual energy. The simulation results show that the proposed routing protocol can be integrated with most clustering formation algorithms, even in large scale WSNs. Besides, results show that this routing protocol improve the network lifetime and throughput as compared to similar schemes.