A virtual area partition clustering protocol with assistant cluster heads for wireless sensor networks

Author

Dexin Ma ; Jian Ma ; Long Cheng ; Pengmin Xu

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Networking & Switching Technol., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

12-14 June 2013

Firstpage

1387

Lastpage

1390

Abstract

Most existing clustering algorithms are suitable for homogeneous wireless sensor networks, but in practice there exists more heterogeneous scenarios. In this paper, a Virtual Area Partition Clustering protocol with Assistant Cluster Head (VAPC-ACH) is proposed for homogeneous and heterogeneous wireless sensor networks. The simulation results show that VAP-ACH can reduce and balance energy dissipation, thus prolong the sensor network lifetime and improve the system performance.

Keywords

protocols; wireless sensor networks; assistant cluster heads; clustering algorithms; energy dissipation; heterogeneous scenarios; heterogeneous wireless sensor networks; homogeneous wireless sensor networks; sensor network lifetime; system performance; virtual area partition clustering protocol; Clustering algorithms; Educational institutions; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Protocols; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and Automation (ICCA), 2013 10th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hangzhou

ISSN

1948-3449

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4707-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCA.2013.6565052

Filename

6565052