A Novel Load Balanced and Lifetime Maximization Routing Protocol in Wireless Sensor Networks

Balancing energy consumption and prolonging network lifetime are open challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks. In this paper, we design a novel load balanced routing protocol to maximize lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). In order to balance the energy consumption among sensor nodes, we dep...

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Published inVTC Spring 2008 - IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference pp. 113 - 117
Main Authors Chengjie Wu, Ruixi Yuan, Hongchao Zhou
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.05.2008
Subjects
Analytical models
Broadcasting
Condition monitoring
Energy consumption
Network topology
Performance analysis
Robustness
Routing protocols
Telecommunication traffic
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:Balancing energy consumption and prolonging network lifetime are open challenges in Wireless Sensor Networks. In this paper, we design a novel load balanced routing protocol to maximize lifetime of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). In order to balance the energy consumption among sensor nodes, we deploy multiple sinks simultaneously which are connected though wired or wireless infrastructure. We introduce a potential model and propose a routing scheme in which sensor nodes construct routes based on local topology information and the state information from sinks' broadcast messages. Sinks monitor their traffic load and adjust their own parameters to balance the traffic load in the network. Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that our protocol can significantly improve the performance of the system in following aspects: robustness, lifetime and reliability.
ISBN:1424416442
9781424416448
ISSN:1550-2252
DOI:10.1109/VETECS.2008.36