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Rethinking Cluster-Based Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks


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1 Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
 

A wireless sensor network (WSN) can be employed in many application areas such as traffic control and industrial automation. In WSNs, clustering achieves energy efficiency and scalable performance. A cluster is formed by several sensors nodes, and one of them is elected as cluster-head (CH). A CH collects information from the cluster members and sends aggregated sensed data to the base station (BS) or another CH. The main task of a routing protocol in a WSN is to forward these sensed data to the BS. This paper analyses the advantages of cluster-based routing protocols vs. flat routing protocols in WSNs.

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Clustering, Cluster-Based Routing Algorithms, Energy Efficiency, Routing Protocols, Wireless Sensor Networks.
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Dimitris Kanellopoulos
Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Abstract


A wireless sensor network (WSN) can be employed in many application areas such as traffic control and industrial automation. In WSNs, clustering achieves energy efficiency and scalable performance. A cluster is formed by several sensors nodes, and one of them is elected as cluster-head (CH). A CH collects information from the cluster members and sends aggregated sensed data to the base station (BS) or another CH. The main task of a routing protocol in a WSN is to forward these sensed data to the BS. This paper analyses the advantages of cluster-based routing protocols vs. flat routing protocols in WSNs.

Keywords


Clustering, Cluster-Based Routing Algorithms, Energy Efficiency, Routing Protocols, Wireless Sensor Networks.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.13005/ojcst12.01.02