An energy-driven unequal clustering protocol for heterogeneous wireless sensor networks

Due to the limitation of energy resources, energy efficiency is a key issue in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Clustering is proved to be an important way to realize hierarchical topology control, which can improve the scalability and prolong the lifetime of wireless sensor networks. In this paper, an energy-driven unequal clustering protocol (EDUC) for heterogeneous wireless sensor networks is proposed. EDUC includes an unequal clustering algorithm and an energy-driven adaptive cluster head rotation method. The unequal size of clusters can balance the energy consumption among clusters, and the energy-driven cluster head rotation method can achieve the balance of energy consumption among nodes within a cluster, which reduces the waste of energy. Simulation experiments show that EDUC balances the energy consumption well among the cluster heads and prolongs the network lifetime.     

无线传感网自适应能量驱动簇头轮换算法研究

分簇结构是大规模无线传感网(WSN)的一种有效的拓扑管理方法。在这种结构下,由于簇头(Cluster Head,CH)节点的能耗速率远高于簇成员节点(Cluster Member,CM),需要做簇头轮换以平衡网络能耗。该文分析了基于能量驱动的簇头轮换策略,并提供一种基于簇头节点实时负载来估计其启动轮换的能量阈值的自适应簇头轮换算法(Adaptive Cluster Rotation Algorithm,ACRA)。仿真结果表明,与现有算法如LEACH,EDAC等比较,ACRA算法最少化簇头轮换次数,延长了网络生存时间。