A DISTRIBUTED ENERGY EFFICIENT CLUSTERING ALGORITHM FOR DATA AGGREGATION IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

Authors

  • Seyed Mohammad Bagher Musavi Shirazi
  • maryam sabet
  • Mohammad Reza Pajoohan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/iiumej.v19i1.825

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a new generation of networks typically consisting of a large number of inexpensive nodes with wireless communications. The main purpose of these networks is to collect information from the environment for further processing. Nodes in the network have been equipped with limited battery lifetime, so energy saving is one of the major issues in WSNs. If we balance the load among cluster heads and prevent having an extra load on just a few nodes in the network, we can reach longer network lifetime. One solution to control energy consumption and balance the load among nodes is to use clustering techniques. In this paper, we propose a new distributed energy-efficient clustering algorithm for data aggregation in wireless sensor networks, called Distributed Clustering for Data Aggregation (DCDA). In our new approach, an optimal transmission tree is constructed among sensor nodes with a new greedy method. Base station (BS) is the root, cluster heads (CHs) and relay nodes are intermediate nodes, and other nodes (cluster member nodes) are the leaves of this transmission tree. DCDA balances load among CHs in intra-cluster and inter-cluster data communications using different cluster sizes. For efficient inter-cluster communications, some relay nodes will transfer data between CHs. Energy consumption, distance to the base station, and cluster heads’ centric metric are three main adjustment parameters for the cluster heads election. Simulation results show that the proposed protocol leads to the reduction of individual sensor nodes’ energy consumption and prolongs network lifetime, in comparison with other known methods.

ABSTRAK: Rangkaian sensor wayarles (WSN) adalah rangkaian generasi baru yang terdiri daripada nod-nod murah komunikasi wayarles. Tujuan rangkaian-rangkaian ini adalah bagi mengumpul maklumat sekeliling untuk proses seterusnya. Nod dalam rangkaian ini dilengkapi bateri kurang jangka hayat, jadi simpanan tenaga adalah satu isu besar dalam WSN. Jika beban diimbang antara induk kelompok dan lebihan beban dihalang pada setiap rangkaian iaitu hanya sebilangan kecil nod pada tiap-tiap kelompok,  jangka hayat dapat dipanjangkan pada sesebuah rangkaian. Satu penyelesaian adalah dengan mengawal penggunaan tenaga dan mengimbangi beban antara nod menggunakan teknik berkelompok. Kajian ini mencadangkan kaedah baru pembahagian tenaga berkesan secara algoritma berkelompok bagi pembahagian data dalam WSN, dikenali sebagai Pembahagian Kelompok Kumpulan Data (DCDA). Melalui pendekatan baru ini, pokok transmisi optimum dibina antara nod sensor melalui kaedah baru. Stesen utama (BS) ialah akar, induk kelompok-kelompok (CHs) dan nod penyiar ialah nod perantara, dan nod-nod lain (nod-nod ahli kelompok) ialah daun bagi pokok trasmisi. DCDA mengimbangi beban CHs antara-kelompok dan dalam-kelompok komunikasi data daripada kelompok berbeza saiz. Bagi komunikasi berkesan dalam-kelompok, sebahagian nod penyampai akan memindahkan data antara CHs. Penggunaan tenaga, jarak ke stesen utama dan induk kelompok metrik sentrik adalah tiga parameter pelaras bagi pemilihan induk kelompok. Keputusan simulasi protokol yang dicadang menunjukkan pengurangan penggunaan tenaga pada nod-nod sensor individu dan memanjangkan jangka hayat rangkaian, berbanding kaedah-kaedah lain yang diketahui.

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2018-06-01

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Musavi Shirazi, S. M. B., sabet, maryam, & Pajoohan, M. R. (2018). A DISTRIBUTED ENERGY EFFICIENT CLUSTERING ALGORITHM FOR DATA AGGREGATION IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS. IIUM Engineering Journal, 19(1), 72–90. https://doi.org/10.31436/iiumej.v19i1.825

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Electrical, Computer and Communications Engineering