An Unequal Clustering Algorithm with Load Balance for Wireless Sensor Networks

DOI

10.2991/ecae-17.2018.34How to use a DOI?

Keywords

wireless sensor networks; energy efficiency; clustering; load balancing; network lifetime

Abstract

Good clustering algorithm can effectively reduce the energy consumption of a wireless sensor network (WSN). The random in clustering will reduce the performance of clustering algorithm. Aiming at this problem, this paper proposes an unequal clustering algorithm with load balance (UCLB) for WSN. UCLB is a multi-hop algorithm and divides the nodes into clusters of different sizes. Considering the two objectives of load balancing and reducing energy consumption, UCLB elects cluster heads according to a cost parameter that is calculated by the number of around nodes and the distances to these nodes. UCLB preferentially select the node with moderate distances to the elected cluster heads as cluster head to distribute cluster heads evenly in networks. Simulation results show that the algorithm can effectively reduce the network energy consumption and prolong the network lifetime.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yinliang Jia
AU  - Kangwu Liang
AU  - Chiyu Zhang
PY  - 2017/12
DA  - 2017/12
TI  - An Unequal Clustering Algorithm with Load Balance for Wireless Sensor Networks
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Control and Automation Engineering (ECAE 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 160
EP  - 163
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ecae-17.2018.34
DO  - 10.2991/ecae-17.2018.34
ID  - Jia2017/12
ER  -