An improvement on LEACH algorithm with a fuzzy processor

Power dissipation management and hence increasing lifetime in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is the most critical issue in the design procedure of the modern WSNs. There are many approaches through which power dissipation and lifetime of the WSNs are moderated. In this paper, we present a fuzzy rule based methodology in order to increase the power saving in LEACH algorithm. We propose a fuzzy processor to be in charge of performing fuzzy instructions. This processor is applied to track the best path online for forwarding packets instead of traditional offline table based forwarding process. In addition, this processor is capable of aggregating input data by which the network traffic is extremely reduced. Simulation results show the numerous efficiency of our methodology not only in balancing the power dissipation through network, but also in lifetime improvement, traffic management, and network availability.