A mobile-sink based energy-efficient clustering algorithm for wireless sensor networks

Jin Wang, Yue Yin, Jeong Uk Kim, Sungyoung Lee, Chin Feng Lai

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Abstract

Wireless sensor networks with one static sink often suffer from energy hole problem, which means energy consumption of certain sensors near the sink or on critical paths is much faster than other nodes. Consequently, network partition and isolated nodes are caused. To solve the problem, we propose a Mobile-sink based Energy-efficient Clustering Algorithm (MECA) for wireless sensor networks. MECA aims at minimizing and balancing energy consumption for all sensor nodes. We divide the network into several equal clusters and the intra-cluster routing exploits multi-hop routing to save energy. We study the effect of both mobility and multiplicity of the sink on total energy consumption. Simulation results show that our proposed routing algorithm consumes much less energy than traditional routing algorithms like LEACH.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2012
Pages678-683
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012 Dec 1
Event2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2012 - Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Duration: 2012 Oct 272012 Oct 29

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2012

Other

Other2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu, Sichuan
Period12-10-2712-10-29

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Information Systems

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