Development and Performance Evaluation of a New Energy-Efficient Double Cluster-Head Routing (EEDCR) Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

Utilization of energy and the lifetime increment are the big issues in designing of routing algorithms for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Many routing algorithms have been developed by various researchers to achieve energy efficiency and to improve the lifetime of the network. But, the way to route the information from the sensor node (SN) to the base station (BS) and vice versa is an important issue, because of resource constraints. In this paper, we have proposed a low energy consumed, cluster-based routing protocol named an energy-efficient and double cluster-head routing (EEDCR) protocol, to increase the network lifetime and minimize the end-to-end delay. Selection of the cluster head (CH) is depending on random selection method, energy method, the total number of nodes, and its energy level. The performances of developed protocol were assessed using simulations and found that it provides successful outcomes in terms of energy-efficient and lifetime increment in routing for WSNs.