An improved LEACH protocol for application-specific wireless sensor networks

Chong Wang*, Jiakang Liu, Jingming Kuang, Abdul Sattar Malik, Huihui Xiang

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Abstract

For wireless sensor networks, how to efficiently utilize limited energy directly affects the lifetime and the cost. LEACH is a clustering-based protocol with good performance, which employs localized coordination to balance the energy usage. In this paper, an improved LEACH protocol is proposed with a more reasonable set-up phase. The proposed protocol focuses on saving the energy cost induced due to redundant nodes and balancing the energy consumption among sensor nodes by splitting large clusters into smaller ones. Simulation results, compared with LEACH, demonstrate that the proposed protocol can reduce energy consumption and hence prolong the lifetime of WSN.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 5th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2009
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event5th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2009 - Beijing, China
Duration: 24 Sept 200926 Sept 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - 5th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2009

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period24/09/0926/09/09

Keywords

  • LEACH
  • Lifetime
  • Sub-CH
  • Twin nodes
  • Wireless sensor networks

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