Hot-spot issue aware clustering for wsns to extend stable operation period

D Wei, Y Jin, A Gluhak, R Tafazolli… - 2010 Future Network & …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In existing energy-efficient clustering algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs),
individual nodes usually experience significant differences in lifetime. The issue of some …

Energy-efficient clustering for wireless sensor networks with unbalanced traffic load

D Wei, P Navaratnam, A Gluhak… - 2010 IEEE wireless …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Clustering algorithms have been extensively applied for energy conservation in wireless
sensor networks (WSNs). In a clustered WSNs, cluster-heads (CHs) play an important role …

Hot spot aware energy efficient clustering approach for Wireless Sensor Networks

MK Joshi, L Osborne, B Sun… - 2011 IEEE Consumer …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy efficiency is a major design goal for resource-constraint Wireless Sensor Networks
(WSNs). In this paper, an energy efficient clustering approach is employed to meet this …

Consumed energy as a factor for cluster head selection in wireless sensor networks

DG Melese, H Xiong, Q Gao - 2010 6th International …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy is the primary constraint on designing Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) practically.
This leads to limited network life time of WSN. Different communication protocols and …

A new clustering method to prolong the lifetime of WSN

HD Tarigh, M Sabaei - 2011 3rd International Conference on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the most critical issues in the wireless sensor networks is the network's nodes limited
availability of energy. The network lifetime strictly depends on its energy efficiency …

Unequal clustering algorithm for WSN to prolong the network lifetime (UCAPN)

GV Selvi, R Manoharan - 2013 4th International Conference on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fundamental issue in wireless sensor networks is maximizing the lifetime of a network
subject to a given constraint. To achieve this goal, energy consumption must be well …

A balanced energy-efficient multihop clustering scheme for wireless sensor networks

L Xu, GMP O'Hare, R Collier - 2014 7th IFIP Wireless and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network lifetime is crucial in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) systems since recharging or
exchanging the sensors is difficult and expensive. Clustering techniques provide an …

Lifetime enhancement in WSNs using balanced sensor allocation to cluster heads

NM Moghaddam, AS Zahmati… - 2007 IEEE International …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of a large number of small sensors with limited
energy. Prolonged network lifetime, scalability, and load balancing are important …

CAPNet: an enhanced load balancing clustering algorithm for prolonging network lifetime in WSNs

M Kim, S Kim, J Seo, K Choi… - International Journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
A wireless sensor network consisting of resources, size, and cost-limited sensors is used in
many military and civil applications. This paper proposes an energy-efficient clustering …

An energy and distance based clustering protocol for wireless sensor networks

H Tong, J Zheng - 2011 IEEE 13th International Conference on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes an energy-efficient clustering protocol for wireless sensor networks
(WSNs). Unlike LEACH and other existing clustering protocols, the proposed clustering …