A clustering protocol based on Virtual Area Partition Using Double Cluster Heads scheme for wireless sensor networks

Author

Dexin Ma ; Jian Ma ; Pengmin Xu

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2013

fDate

23-25 March 2013

Firstpage

1447

Lastpage

1450

Abstract

A number of multifunction sensors deployed randomly with limited energy is one character of wireless sensor networks, so energy efficient is a critical factor in sensor network design. In this literature, we present a clustering protocol based on Virtual Area Partition using Double Cluster Heads scheme (VAP-DCH) for wireless sensor networks, which partitions the network and selects a Main Cluster Head (MCH) and a Vice Cluster Head (VCH) in each cluster adaptively. The simulation results show that the protocol we presented improves the system performance, prolongs the network lifetime and transfers more data to the base station..

Keywords

protocols; telecommunication network reliability; wireless sensor networks; MCH selection; VAP-DCH scheme; VCH selection; base station; clustering protocol; main cluster head selection; multifunction sensors; network lifetime; sensor network design; vice cluster head selection; virtual area partition-double-cluster head scheme; wireless sensor networks; Energy consumption; Energy dissipation; Energy efficiency; Optimized production technology; Protocols; Sensors; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Science and Technology (ICIST), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5137-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIST.2013.6747810

Filename

6747810