Energy‐efficient multi‐level and distance‐aware clustering mechanism for WSNs. (17th December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mehmood, Amjad; Khan, S.; Shams, Bilal; Lloret, Jaime
• Is Part Of: International journal of communication systems. Volume 28:Number 5(2015)
• Page Start: 972
• Page End: 989
• Publication Date: 2013-12-17
• Subjects: Telecommunication systems -- Periodicals; 621.382
• DOI: 10.1002/dac.2720
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1074-5351

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Summary</title> <p>Most sensor networks are deployed at hostile environments to sense and gather specific information. As sensor nodes have battery constraints, therefore, the research community is trying to propose energy‐efficient solutions for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to prolong the lifetime of the network. In this paper, we propose an energy‐efficient multi‐level and distance‐aware clustering (EEMDC) mechanism for WSNs. In this mechanism, the area of the network is divided into three logical layers, which depends upon the hop‐count‐based distance from the base station. The simulation outcomes show that EEMDC is more energy efficient than other existing conventional approaches. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.</p> </abstract>