Title: RTCP: a redundancy aware topology control protocol for wireless sensor networks

Authors: Bahia Zebbane; Manel Chenait; Chafika Benzaid; Nadjib Badache

Addresses: LSI Laboratory, Computer Sciences Department, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), BP 32 El Alia Bab Ezzouar Algiers 16111, Algeria ' LSI Laboratory, Computer Sciences Department, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), BP 32 El Alia Bab Ezzouar Algiers 16111, Algeria ' LSI Laboratory, Computer Sciences Department, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), BP 32 El Alia Bab Ezzouar Algiers 16111, Algeria ' LSI Laboratory, Computer Sciences Department, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB), BP 32 El Alia Bab Ezzouar Algiers 16111, Algeria

Abstract: Topology control-based sleep-scheduling aims at exploiting node redundancy to save energy and extend the network lifetime, by putting as many nodes as possible in sleep mode, while maintaining a connected network. In this paper, we propose a redundancy aware topology control protocol (RTCP) for a wireless sensor network which exploits the sensor redundancy in the same region. This is achieved by dividing the network into groups so that a connected backbone can be maintained by keeping a necessary set of working nodes and turning off the redundant ones. RTCP allows applications to parameterise the desired connectivity degree. It identifies node redundancy, in terms of communication; it groups redundant nodes together according to their redundancy degrees and threshold of connectivity level. Finally, it schedules nodes in groups for active or sleep mode. The simulation results illustrate that RTCP outperforms some other existing algorithms, in terms of energy conservation, network lifetime and connectivity guarantee.

Keywords: wireless sensor networks; WSNs; topology control; energy conservation; duty-cycling; connectivity; node redundancy; leader election.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICT.2018.090419

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 2018 Vol.12 No.3/4, pp.271 - 298

Received: 25 Nov 2014
Accepted: 11 May 2015

Published online: 19 Mar 2018 *

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