Wireless sensor networks: to cluster or not to cluster?

N Vlajic, D Xia - 2006 International Symposium on a World of …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The key challenge in the design and operation of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is the
maximization of system lifetime. Node clustering is commonly considered as one of the most …

Near-optimal node clustering in wireless sensor networks for environment monitoring

D Xia, N Vlajic - 21st international conference on advanced …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for environment monitoring consist of a large number of
low-cost battery-powered sensors nodes, densely deployed throughout a remote or …

Prolonging the lifetime of wireless sensor networks via unequal clustering

S Soro, WB Heinzelman - 19th IEEE international parallel and …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Organizing wireless sensor networks into clusters enables the efficient utilization of the
limited energy resources of the deployed sensor nodes. However, the problem of …

A wireless sensor network clustering algorithm based on energy and distance

R Hou, W Ren, Y Zhang - 2009 Second International Workshop …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Considering extremely limited energy of sensor nodes, how to utilize energy of the sensor
nodes effectively to prolong survival time of wireless sensor network (WSN) is crucial …

Minimization of average energy consumption to prolong lifetime of wireless sensor network

A Chunawale, S Sirsikar - 2014 IEEE Global Conference on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a network of sensor nodes that can sense the
environment and send the information through wireless links to a sink. Wireless sensor …

K-means clustering in wireless sensor networks

P Sasikumar, S Khara - 2012 Fourth international conference …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of spatially distributed autonomous sensors to
monitor physical or environmental conditions and to cooperatively pass their data through …

Anch: A new clustering algorithm for wireless sensor networks

MM Zanjireh, A Shahrabi… - 2013 27th International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The adaptable and distributed nature of wireless sensor networks has made them popular in
a broad range of applications. Clustering is a widely accepted approach for organising …

Overlapping multihop clustering for wireless sensor networks

M Youssef, A Youssef, M Younis - IEEE transactions on parallel …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Clustering is a standard approach for achieving efficient and scalable performance in
wireless sensor networks. Traditionally, clustering algorithms aim at generating a number of …

The adaptive cluster head selection in wireless sensor networks

CS Nam, HJ Jeong, DR Shin - 2008 IEEE International …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An important issue in a wireless sensor network is to use a nodepsilas limited energy
efficiently. The clustering technique can reduce the energy consumption of wireless sensor …

An energy efficient routing mechanism for wireless sensor networks

RS Chang, CJ Kuo - … and Applications-Volume 1 (AINA'06), 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in wireless sensor networks. One of the
major issues in wireless sensor network is developing an energy-efficient routing protocol …