Clustering is an effective way to prolong the lifetime of a wireless sensor network (WSN).
The common approach is to elect cluster heads to take routing and controlling duty, and to …

Load balancing using clustering method is one of the most practical solutions, regarding to
energy limitation in wireless sensor networks. Clustering protocols have to ensure reliability …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been broadly studied with advances in ubiquitous
computing environment. Because the resource of a sensor node is limited, it is important to …

Wireless sensor networks have recently emerged as an important computing platform.
Energy conservation and maximization of network lifetime are commonly recognized as a …

This paper proposes a novel energy-aware and layering-based clustering and routing
protocol (EA-CRP) for gathering data in WSNs. The main goal of EA-CRP is to reduce the …

Energy conservation is the main issue in wireless sensor networks. Many existing clustering
protocols have been proposed to balance the energy consumption and maximize the battery …

Prolonging the network lifetime for a reasonable period while meeting users' needs is key in
developing a data gathering algorithm for WSNs. Clustered sensor networks are considered …

Clustering provides an effective method for improving the performance of wireless sensor
networks (WSNs). In this paper, we study that different number of clusters leads to different …

In wireless sensor networks, one of the most important constraints is the low power
consumption requirement. For that reason, several hierarchical or cluster-based routing …

Due to the nonuniform node distribution, the energy consumption among nodes are more
imbalanced in cluster-based wireless sensor networks. Based on this problem, in this paper …