Design of clustering algorithm for efficient energy management in wireless sensor network environments

Abstract

Recently, there has been an active research effort on Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) where the sensor nodes consume energy efficiently by communicating between the nodes directly without a network infrastructure. However, previously proposed protocols require regular re-establishment of clusters, which leads to unnecessary energy consumption. Moreover, there is a large energy consumption because a cluster head that is placed far apart from a sink node directly transmits data to the sink nodes. Therefore, in this paper, we analysis the problems of the previous clustering techniques and protocols, and designed a clustering algorithm for efficient energy consumption through the use of an energy threshold during cluster re-establishment and data transmission route selection. © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017.