An energy efficient routing scheme for mobile wireless sensor networks

Abstract

Research on wireless sensor networks has recently received much attention as they offer an advantage of monitoring various kinds of environment by sensing physical phenomenon. Among various issues, energy consumption is one of the most important criteria for routing protocol in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). This paper introduces an energy efficient clustering algorithm for mobile sensor network based on the LEACH protocol. The proposed protocol adds feature to LEACH to support for mobile nodes and also reduces the consumption of the network resource in each round. The proposed protocol is simulated and the results show a significant reduction in network energy consumption compared to LEACH.