EMEECP-IOT: Enhanced Multitier Energy-Efficient Clustering Protocol Integrated with Internet of Things-Based Secure Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network (HWSN)

Abstract

In recent years, Internet of Things (IoT)-based constrained wireless sensor networks (WSN) have been observed with radical developments. The aligned phenomenon such as maximizing resource utilization and the delivery of efficient services is the need of the hour to suffice for the purpose of seamless connectivity. Typically, IoT devices have limited battery life and are deployed in remote areas. As a result, limited battery life limits the use of networks in some situations. To develop energy-efficient techniques for the IoT requires innovative ideas where the current techniques of using WSNs cannot directly apply to the IoT due to protocol issues, SLAs (service level agreements), scalability issues, and complexity levels. To overcome these issues, this article proposes an Enhanced Multitier Energy-Efficient Clustering Protocol integrated with the Internet of Things (EMEECP-IOT) based on the heterogeneous wireless sensor networks (HWSN) technique. The proposed approach has been compared with the current and standard protocols with respect to the parameters such as network stability, packets received, average throughput, standard deviation (SD), and residual energy. The simulation results show significantly better performance of the proposed EMEECP-IoT-based HWSN technique than the existing technique. Extensive performance factors show that the proposed EMEECP-IOT extends the network lifetime by 35% and decreases the network’s energy consumption by 21%. This proposed approach can be applied to save energy and enhance network lifetime for WSN and IoT-oriented applications.