An Energy Efficiency Distributed Routing Algorithm based on HAC Clustering Method for WSNs

Abstract

The main objectives of WSNs are to reduce the consumption of energy in its application. The optimistic way of using battery may increase the life time of sensor nodes and it helps improve the performance of the WSNs. To achieve this, in this paper proposed a new hierarchical routing algorithm with high energy efficiency named EECA which is constructed cluster by using distance and residual energy. For cluster construction, first step for electing a cluster head. For this, calculating distance and residual energy of all nodes in a one hop neighbor which helps to select cluster head by using CH rotation. From those results, new CH would be elected. The performance of EECA is compared with AODV protocol by using NS2 simulator. The simulation results disclose that EECA outperform than AODV in energy efficiency, delay and packet delivery ratio. Keywords: Cluster Head, EECA, Threshold Value, WSNs