Fussy Re-clustering for Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks
Asma Messaoudi, Ridha Bouallegue, Abdelhamid helali
Journal of Networking Technology, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2013.
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Link: http://www.dline.info/jnt/fulltext/v4n1/5.pdf
Abstract:
In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) where nodes are energy constrained, power conservation is an important issue. This paper proposes a novel approach for energy efficient clustering technique using the fuzzy logic method. The clustering technique has been proven effective to optimize the energy consumed by the nodes of a wirelesssensor network during data routing. The establishment of clusters, the cluster-heads choice, and the manner in which the clusters evolve over time are difficult tasks that greatly affect the quality of the routing protocol. The objective of this protocol is increasing the lifetime of sensor nodes by re-clustering the whole network repeatedly using on a fuzzy re-clustering system model.